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[–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

My understanding is that the Christmas he sought to destroy was very much worthy of destruction… violent rape orgies, basically. I don’t know how much of that is true, but it seems quite plausible from various things I’ve read.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 10 months ago

    While Christmas celebrations could become wild, as in the modern day, the core of it was that Puritans disapproved of excess and pomp in general, not that there was some form of chaotic orgy going on.

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