Christmas starts early in a lot of retail stores, but in Venezuela it's starting Oct. 1. NPR's Scott Simon explains.

This week, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro declared on his weekly television show, “September smells like Christmas! ... I am going to decree the beginning of Christmas on Oct. 1.

In Venezuela, Christmas and Advent have been moved to October 1st, sparking the ire of the Church. The holiday was modified ...

In Venezuela Christmas has been re-scheduled to come three months early after the country’s authoritarian president Nicolas Maduro decreed that it will be celebrated on October 1st. The move is widely ...

Christmas starts early in a lot of retail stores, but in Venezuela it's starting Oct. 1. NPR's Scott Simon explains. Opinion: Christmas is starting early in Venezuela Can you smell chestnuts ...

Venezuela may be suffering from economic collapse and hyper-inflation, but Maduro knows how to distract and placate:  Decree ...

The international community and most of the country’s population might be in an uproar amid allegations that he stole July’s ...