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Part Two: Keep the Yuletide Gay: Saturnalia & the Puritan War on Christmas

Behind the Bastards

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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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