“Massachusetts Puritans didn’t celebrate Christmas. “
Right. They were very anti-Christmas, mainly because the “mas” = “mass”. They had extremely unkind things to say about the pope.
“Right. They were very anti-Christmas, mainly because the “mas” = “mass”. They had extremely unkind things to say about the pope.”
I don’t know how disliking the Pope had any bearing on the Puritan’s Christmas-hating.
The Protestants of Virginia and the rest of the British Colonies shared an anti-Catholic sentiment but they happily celebrated Christmas, unlike the joyless witch killing weirdos of Plymouth.
Moreover “Massachusetts” is an Indian word and totally unrelated to the Catholic “Mass”.