Explanation: Oliver Cromwell was the ruler of the UK after the execution of their king, during which a short-lived military dictatorship was instituted in place of a monarchy. He was a Puritan, a member of a strain of Protestant Christian belief in the early modern period which regarded much of then-modern society as decadent and corrupt.

One of their targets of ire in particular was... Christmas. For being too celebratory and self-indulgent. And Catholic.

Puritans were interesting bunch, like they looked around at 16th century england and decided that people are having too much fun after a bloody civil war.

Fuck Oliver Cromwell. All my homies hate Oliver Cromwell.

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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.