Life under Cromwell: everything you wanted to know
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Is There Much Truth to That?
There's been a time when revelry and merriman were very much franged upon. Cromwell himself never showed me interest in Christmas, but his party banned it while he was busy doing other things. But what this means in practice is they don't abolish Father Christmas and nince pies. They just stop people going to church on Christmas day. People who want to celebrate Christmas at home can carry on as much as ever.
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