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Part Two: Keep the Yuletide Gay: Saturnalia & the Puritan War on Christmas
Behind the Bastards
The Puritan War on Christmas
In 1659, the Puritans in Massachusetts Bay banned Christmas too. In 1929, the USSR banned Christmas and then co-opted it for New Year's Day. Garrison: "I get why people want to destroy the midwinter celebrations"
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