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"Fascinating."    --The New York Times Book Review    Anyone who laments the excesses of Christmas might consider the Puritans of colonial Massachusetts: they simply outlawed the holiday. The Puritans had their reasons, since Christmas was once an occasion for drunkenness and riot, when poor "wassailers  extorted food and drink from the well-to-do. In this intriguing and innovative work of social history, Stephen ... 

Matthew says: “this is definitely a great book and a worthwhile read, though it is not without a few problems (n...”