How Christmas in England was BANNED for 20 years & almost lost forever – Brits celebrated ‘humiliation’ instead CHRISTMAS was once cancelled in England – and it wasn’t by the Grinch.
It sounds like a nightmare – no mince pies, no carols, not even a Christmas tree in sight – but for almost 20 years in England, festive cheer was illegal.
In Canterbury, when one shopkeeper refused to open on Christmas Day, locals took to the streets in what became known as the Plum Pudding Riot.
Festive classics like mince pies and plum puddings were banned outright.
By 1644, the restrictions only intensified – Christmas was to be treated like any other day.
