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Christmas Outlawed in Scotland
Scots… not only thrifty, but zealous. William Wallaces… the lot of them. We can trace back our modern “War on Christmas” to the height of The Reformation. The year was 1583. The culprit was a passionate kilt-laden people who had … Continue reading
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