Happy UnPuritan Christmas to You All
Merry Christmas to all, here's what the Puritans thought about Christmas:
"The Puritans, known for their religious fervor, hated Christmas. A law was passed in 1659 outlawing the celebration of Christmas, and a five-shilling fine was levied against anyone 'found observing, by abstinence from labor, feasting or any other way, any such days as Christmas day.' They considered Christmas 'an extreme forgetfulness of Christ, by giving liberty to carnal and sensual delights'."
All the more reason to be Anglican, or at least liturgical, we celebrate the Holy Feast of the Incarnation.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Bird.
Just to be pedantic, the Incarnation - the second person of the Holy Trinity taking on human flesh - occurred at the Annunciation, celebrated on March 25. (Tolkien nerds will remember that this is the day the One Ring was destroyed.)
Most of the puritans in Sydney are Anglican