Here's a holiday-related story:
Mikhail Gorbachev had younger brother, Rudolph, who was a dedicated Communist. Rudolph was bemoaning the demise of the Soviet Union when he looked out the window of his Moscow apartment and said to his wife, "Is raining." She replied, "Is snowing." He reiterated, "Is raining!" Not to be deterred, she said, "Is snowing!"
Exasperated, Rudolph declared, "Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear."