RE: Brace yourselves... Christmas is coming!
December 11, 2021 at 5:03 pm
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2021 at 5:07 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
(December 11, 2021 at 11:46 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
Interesting factlet: for all the schmegegge in America about ‘the war on Christmas’, the only actual ban outlawing the holiday was put in place by hyper-religious New England Puritans and lasted for 22 years.
Boru
Don't forget Oliver Cromwell.
Not sure about the Calvinists.
Easter is the most important event on the Xian calendar , but it's Xmas for catholics. I think it's the stuffing oneself into a food coma, getting legless and of course the presents. I really enjoy giving presents. Receiving, not so much these days. I'm very hard to surprise and have more socks and shirts than I can use.
As a child and young man , I could eat tupperware and be just fine. These days I eat much less. Just about everything I like gives me shocking heartburn.
Pretty sure the Xians lifted December 25 from the roman god Deus Sol Invictus. I think it celebrates the winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. Here in the southern hemisphere it's summer.
