English History

[jilles]

Which English ruler tried to have Christmas abolished?

[sandyRoe]

Cromwell

[jno]

some historians think this is a bit of a myth; Cromwell himself doesn't seem to have had a problem with Christmas but a lot of the hardliners in parliament did.

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/showcase/heritage-highlights/oliver-cromwell

[Old_Geezer]

So, whilst details are in constant flux, nothing much changes with the big picture. Those in control fail to serve but instead impose their warped will on the masses.

[jno]

not necessarily, OG; there was a large constituency for puritanism - I've no idea whether it counted as a majority in modern democratic terms but it wasn't just a splinter group like Isis.