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  • Suggestions for a Puritan-Free Thanksgiving [Anglican: humor]

    11/25/2004 9:26:52 AM PST · by sionnsar · 24 replies · 574+ views
    The celebration of Thanksgiving is, I think, for faithful Anglicans a difficulty. To remember with fondness those nasty schismatic heretics called Puritans is problematic for me, so I have decided to offer some suggestions for the celebration of Thanksgiving in a thoroughly Anglican and tasteful manner. 1) Cornucopias have got to go. Flower arrangements are far more preferable, roses are even better. 2) All images of Puritanism must be excluded, including buckle-hats, blunderbusses, buckle-shoes, as well as all pewter. Good Anglicans use brass candlesticks and silver place-settings. 3) All remembrances of Puritans as fighters for the "Freedom of Religion"...