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Show Cniand Once. tyanloAe GltSlUttKGiL 6UieAAMi4i.ee. Did you know that the observance observ-ance of Christmas was once forbidden for-bidden in England the home of the Yule Log, the Carol-singer and the wassailers? During the Reformation many believed the undue jollity of Christmas Christ-mas day was sacrilegious. Parliament, Parlia-ment, on December 24, 1652, ordered or-dered that "no observance shall be held of the five and twentieth day of December, commonly called Christmas day; nor any solemnity used or exercised in churches upon that day in respect thereof." This edict proved to be very unpopular un-popular with the masses of the I people. It was not until many years j later, however, that Christmas was once again regarded as a holiday. |