"Christmas Day: A Soldierīs Holiday?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 08 Mar 2022 8:58 p.m. PST |
"Soldiers' celebrations depended on circumstances, personal beliefs, and family or community traditions. David DeSimone notes in his article "Another Look at Christmas in the Eighteenth Century": [From the seventeenth century the] celebration of Christmas was outlawed in most of New England. Calvinist Puritans and Protestants abhorred the entire celebration and likened it to pagan rituals and Popish observances. In 1659, the General Court of Massachusetts forbade, under the fine of five shillings per offense, the observance "of any such day as Christmas or the like, either by forebearing of labour, feasting, or any such way." The Assembly of Connecticut, in the same period, prohibited the reading of the Book of Common Prayer, the keeping of Christmas and saints days, the making of mince pies, the playing of cards, or performing on any musical instruments. These statutes remained in force until they were repealed early in the nineteenth century…"
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| Tango01 | 09 Mar 2022 3:37 p.m. PST |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
