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Originally posted by Sticks
Ye Gads 
I thought someone would pick up the historical connection between this time of year and Oliver Cromwell.
It was his puritan regime that banned and outlawed Christmas and passed a lot of anti-Christmas legislation, some of which, like the ban on eating mince pies was never repealed
BTW I did ask once and the Home office said that none of his laws was recognised after the restoration of the monarchy
Are there any historians on the board? 
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Not my period, but I have read up a bit on it recently since I have been watching a Devils *****.
As for the law on mince pies, they should bring back into force immediately together with a ban on Christmas puddings.