Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Dec 24– From Holinshed’s Chronicles by William Harrison (1577)

 No fun allowed

Dec 24– From Holinshed’s Chronicles by William Harrison (1577)

Summary: No fun allowed! (Also, how to improve schools and churches)

Commentary: Very little here actually connected to "abolishing" Christmas Eve. A paragraph or so at the start, then some about clergy dressing too nicely. I wonder if there's an account of Christmas Eve celebrations or something Dickensish somewhere in T5FSOB that could've fit here.

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