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The Original War on Christmas (episode 212)
The Original War on Christmas (episode 212)
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59 minutes
Released:
Dec 20, 2020
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Description
The Puritan dissenters who founded the town of Boston are remembered as a deeply religious society, so you might think that Christmas in Puritan Boston would be a big deal. You’d be wrong though. Celebrating Christmas was against the law for decades, and it was against cultural norms for a century or more. What were the Puritans’ theological misgivings about Christmas? What were the practices of misrule, mummery, and wassailing with which Christmas was celebrated in the 17th century? And why did the Puritans literally erase Christmas from their calendars?
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Full show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/212
Support us: http://patreon.com/HUBhistory
Released:
Dec 20, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 1: Remember remember the fifth of November (Oct 30, 2016): How did early Boston “celebrate” on November 5th each year? By drinking, brawling, and burning effigies of the Pope, of course. That story, and all the important historic anniversaries for October 31 to November 6 in our debut episode. Show notes ... by HUB History - Our Favorite Stories from Boston History