One more thing: Calvin was fine about celebrating the parts of the Church calender that directly had to do with Jesus (Christmas, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost) just wanting to dump all the extraneous Saint's holidays the Roman church had added--saying they took the focus off of Christ. It was the Puritans, along with their stern version of the regulative principle (not practiced by Calvin) who banned all Christian holidays, including Christmas and Easter, and of course, Lent too.
Personally, I like Calvin better than the Puritans...
Yes, that's my understanding. Thanks for the good history lessons. 8~)
Don't be to tough on the Puritans. They fled persecution and because of their experience we ultimately founded a nation that separated church and state.