"For some time the Parliamentary leaders were able to resist demands that Christmas should be abolished in England, but it happened that in 1644 Christmas Day fell upon a Wednesday, and the last Wednesday in each month was by law to be kept as a day of solemn fast and penance. The question was whether December 25th should be an exception to the general rule. In deference to the Scots, Parliament decided with evident unwillingness that it should not." https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/christmas-under-puritans #History #Histodon #Histodons #Christmas #Xmas #Christianity #Religion #Puritans #England #UK #GB #C17th #17thCentury