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by junto 43 days ago
There are cultural differences here though. Brüder Grimm aren’t quite as toned down in Germany as we see in US stories being Disney-fied.

The U.S. was born out of Puritanism. That prudishness and absolutism continues to echo through into its modern culture. Most people don’t even realize it does.
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Joker_vD 43 days ago
> The U.S. was born out of Puritanism.

That reminds me: apparently, the Puritans have actually managed to ban the celebration of Christmas and other church feasts in the Britain during the English Interregnum (An Ordinance for Abolishing of Festivals, June 1647):

    Forasmuch as the Feasts of the Nativity of Christ, Easter and Whitsuntide, and other
    Festivals commonly called Holy-Dayes, have been heretofore superstitiously used and
    observed Be it Ordained, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That the
    said Feast of the Nativity of Christ, Easter and Whitsuntide, and all other Festival
    dayes, commonly called Holy-dayes, be no longer observed as Festivals or Holy-dayes
    within this Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales, any Law, Statute, Custome,
    Constitution, or Cannon to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding
Talk about the war on Christmas!
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gourlaysama 42 days ago
> Talk about the war on Christmas!

Not just a war on Christmas, but an actual war too: this led to a whole bunch of Christmas riots throughout England, including Canterbury's famous "Plum pudding Riots", where rioters ended up sacking the mayor's house and taking over control of the city for weeks. The whole of Kent ended up revolting after the rioters' trial, essentially starting the Second English Civil War.

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