Christmas banned by the British government (thanks to Oliver Cromwell in 1652)
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Channel: Jeremiah Films · 2015 · Nonprofits & Activism
https://jeremiahfilms.com/the-unwrapping-of-christmas/ it was hoped that the pagan celebrations of Saturnalia would merge into this new legally sanctioned form of Christianity the church's practice of changing the dates of Christian events to coincide with pagan festivals continued and by the 7th century Pope Gregory the first had ordered Augustine of Canterbury to incorporate any and all pagan practices and customs into the expanding Roman Catholic Church during the Middle Ages the debased Mardi Gras atmosphere of what was now known as “Christ’s Mass” had reached a fevered pitch. Common practices included open sex in the streets rioting murder and a number of pagan druidic Halloween rituals this blood drenched celebration got so out of hand by 1652 following the execution of King charged with 1st christ's mass was finally outlawed in England a religious reform movement began sweeping the country led by Puritan oliver cromwell the Puritans took the biblical mandate seriously which commanded that Christianity remain pure and separate from paganism. Despite their noble efforts the celebration simply went underground mi 1656 after only four short years under the ban the public's demand for the legalization of Christ's mass had become insurmountable the appointment of Charles the Second to the throne restored England's monarchy and with it the celebration of crisis mass the Puritans had lost England but they held high hopes for the new world
