Christmas isn't just one day for Catholics - liturgically, it's an octave: 8 days of feasting, merrymaking and gift-giving (followed by a full season). The Puritans hated this "popish" partying, and banned - yes, banned - Christmas festivities under Oliver Cromwell, and in the colonies, they were banned in Puritan Boston. Guards called "killjoys" patrolled the streets, arresting those being too jolly and confiscating sweets.

It led to the Plum Pudding Riots of 1647, a revolt against the oppressive Puritan regime, eventually resulting in the restoration of the monarchy -- and Christmas -- under King Charles II (who would convert to the Catholic faith on his death bed).

FORWARD BOLDLY: When Christmas Was Banned
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