tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post2752015649396560735..comments2024-03-02T09:41:35.809-08:00Comments on Donkeylicious - A Blog by Neil Sinhababu and Nicholas Beaudrot: Historical Enemies Of ChristmasNeil Sinhababuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-90063483138062611472009-12-28T11:07:04.968-08:002009-12-28T11:07:04.968-08:00The Puritans gave uncle Ronnie his favorite "...The Puritans gave uncle Ronnie his favorite "city on a hill" line, too.mandilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-33673477113149970162009-12-27T04:17:43.515-08:002009-12-27T04:17:43.515-08:00What conservative means in this context is "P...What conservative means in this context is "People who want to interfere with the kinds of social freedoms John Stuart Mill liked, like the freedom to have a party during Christmas."Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-29406204615035376992009-12-26T20:07:17.757-08:002009-12-26T20:07:17.757-08:00I have no idea what "Christian conservatives&...I have no idea what "Christian conservatives" means in this context. As Hector points out, "conservative" is usually associated with the other side of the royalist / Puritan divide. <br /><br />The Puritan position on Christmas actually seems not unreasonable - Christmas is basically a pagan holiday that got absorbed into Christianity. Christmas trees, gift giving, public revelry etc don't seem to have much to do with the Bible or anything else specifically Christian.iklnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-53558114369234869962009-12-26T06:43:18.062-08:002009-12-26T06:43:18.062-08:00Cromwell wasn't a conservative- he was a man o...Cromwell wasn't a conservative- he was a man of the Puritan Left, a revolutionary. The conservatives were the royalists and High Church Anglicans.Hectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676223082151271106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-14498230955185230132009-12-25T23:41:20.736-08:002009-12-25T23:41:20.736-08:00Scrooge was a character from the Disney Comics for...Scrooge was a character from the Disney Comics for several decades before he was put into Mickey's Christmas Carol. His appearance in that film was of a piece with the rest of the Disney characters like Mickey and Donald: preexisting characters "cast" in "A Christmas Carol"Lester Freamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10682695881368225920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-29535900977519800422009-12-25T05:41:27.198-08:002009-12-25T05:41:27.198-08:00Also, Duck Tales was a suprisingly awesome 8-bit g...Also, Duck Tales was a suprisingly awesome 8-bit game. I think they made a sequel that was also pretty good. And there are rumors that it may make a comeback...Nick Beaudrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794690208464883973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-81667196445693654462009-12-25T05:40:44.365-08:002009-12-25T05:40:44.365-08:00Well, "royalist slogans" might have been...Well, "royalist slogans" might have been the 11th century equivalent of "death to the dictator"...Nick Beaudrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794690208464883973noreply@blogger.com