American Fork Citizen | 1920-12-25 | Page 2 | Opposed to Christmas Pie

OPPOSED TO CHRISTMAS PIE Tho Purltnti'i wen not nlunc In their opposition to mlnco or Christmas pie. Tho Quakers also fought ngnlnst It, nnd ut length even ninny good people peo-ple of tho Church of Knglnud began to think that clergymen should nbstnln from it, nguln.it which projudlco nick-crstafTo nick-crstafTo thus remonstrates: "Tho Christmas plo Is, In Its own nature, a kind of consecrated cako or bndgo of distinction, and yet It Is often forbidden for-bidden tho druld ot tho family. Strange that u sirloin of beef, whether boiled or roasted, when cntlro is exposed ex-posed to tho utmost depredations and luvnidous, but If minced Into small pieces and tossed up with plums and sugar It changes tho property, nnd forsooth for-sooth Is meat fur his master."