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To: Coleus

Time to bash the stereotypical Puritans. No doubt we will see some outrageous comparisons.


3 posted on 12/29/2015 5:48:05 PM PST by Genoa
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To: Genoa

“Time to bash the stereotypical Puritans.”

So the Puritans did not outlaw many Christmas celebrations?

“No doubt we will see some outrageous comparisons.”

Really? Such as?


4 posted on 12/29/2015 6:26:59 PM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: Genoa
From Wikipedia:

The Puritans were a group of English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England from all Roman Catholic practices

Say no more, say no more. It doesn't take much internet searching to see how this would include the deprecation of Christmas, and indeed the word "Christmas" itself explains the matter.

5 posted on 12/29/2015 7:27:33 PM PST by dr_lew
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