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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Fact of the Day: Puritans Hated Christmas
Puritans in America and England had once forbade Christmas on a wide-scale. Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell did so (a very unpopular move in England) considering the event as wasteful and pagan. Even attending mass was taboo.
Każdy powinien Świętować jak mu odpowiada. Beż nakazów i zakazów. Tak niestety nie było. Pozdrawiam. Everyone should Celebrating how he responds. Beige and don'ts. Yes, unfortunately it was not. Yours.
11 comments:
Where the heck u get these random facts lol.
oh, that's interesting. haha
Long live Oliver Cromwell, oh, he's dead.
honestly i dont know them or him
And look what happened to him! He was posthumously executed (well maybe, there is some question as to whether it was actually his body).
Każdy powinien Świętować jak mu odpowiada. Beż nakazów i zakazów. Tak niestety nie było. Pozdrawiam.
Everyone should Celebrating how he responds. Beige and don'ts. Yes, unfortunately it was not. Yours.
Hi!
Well, I dont know him at all =P
Bah humbug to him, the scrooge :)
interesting!
and didn't they hate halloween? i'm glad i'm not a puritan.
Didn't knwo this! But it makes sense, they wanted things Pure
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