[bookshare-discuss] THE CLASSROOM OF THE AIR PRESENTS WHEN CHRISTMAS WAS BANNED IN ENGLAND WITH PRESENTER, NAN HAWTHORNE, DEC. 14, 2011

From: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:23:14 -0800
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Do you know there was a time in England when Christmas was banned. Hard though 
it is to imagine, during the time of Oliver Cromwell, that is what happened. On 
the next Classroom Of The Air, Nan Hawthorne, author of several historical 
novels, will tell us why this decision was made. If you find yourself thinking 
you couldn't imagine a year without Christmas, the British couldn't either. Did 
they find ways to celebrate secretly? Why was Oliver Cromwell so opposed to its 
celebration? Did he live as he expected
everyone else to, or was he a contradiction and a law unto himself? What
punishments were meted out to those who violated Cromwell's order? How did 
parents explain this sad turn of events to children looking forward to
decorations and gifts? For how long did this go on and how was this much
loved holiday reinstituted?

If we could not celebrate this joyous day, it would be heartbreaking indeed.
With its return, it would gain in meaning and stature as things
removed and given back always do.

As you think of the meaning of Christmas, join us for a journey to a time when 
for a nation, there was no Christmas and a high price paid for disobeying 
Oliver Cromwell's order

Presenter: Nan hawthorne
E-Mail: hawthorne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Date: Wednesday,December 14, 2011
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[bookshare-discuss] THE CLASSROOM OF THE AIR PRESENTS WHEN CHRISTMAS WAS BANNED IN ENGLAND WITH PRESENTER, NAN HAWTHORNE, DEC. 14, 2011

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