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Christmas Too Merry
In Old England
Christmas celebrations became so merry in Merrie Old England that they Were abolished..
World Book Encyclopedia notes that the Puritans prohibited the boisterc us observances in the 1640’s. They threw out ministers who dared hold services on Christmas Diy and jailed anyone who didn’t treat December 25 as a common work day.
But while the Puiitans were taking ov|er England under Oliver Cromwell, they were losing the battle of Christmas. Riots broke out in 1647 protesting the ban on
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