Gary Lineker, a former English football player and an avid Twitter user, made an unexpected response to US President Donald Trump on Monday.
"You are kidding", he commented on Trump's all-caps tweet about the global community "respecting America again". His remark would probably go unnoticed — if it wasn't for the fact that it was written in Russian.
It triggered a host of Christmas messages from Russians, who were apparently delighted with their language going global.