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Based Katherine as usual

I know you laugh about that, but somehow I suspect Catholic hate on socialism (there's actual Papal letters/document abotu why Socialism is always communism) and Orthodox stating non recognizing Immaculate Conception after Catholic proclaim it as infallible (so I heard) are all example of such.

Everything is good until someone you dislike agree to it - then it's not.

Yes. Thankfully it's now done one day later

Does anyone know of a source for those stats about perception of who liberated Europe in ww2, Russia/England/US? Obviously it’s not a nuanced poll for a nuanced topic but I am curious about changes in attitude since the Russian invasion of ukraine

>Scotland did ban it in the 1500's

Was that during the time period where "Christmas" was basically adults getting drunk AF and causing chaos in the streets?

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Has there been any person with 19 "3 digits year badges"? You get a 3 digits year badge whenever you live in a year that has 3 similiar digits in it, after some wikipedia digging i found some people with 18 of these badges (Liu Wansu, Enrico Dandolo) but none has 19 or 20, are there any more 18 badgers or that's all of the notable people who live long enough to get 18 of them (to get 20 of them you must be alive between 1110-1222, alternatively you can be alive between 1101-1211). If not then in 2220, we might get some of our first potential 20 badgers

I'm surprised you've heard of Victoria if you had a King Charles II in 1860.

Standard practice. Have you ever heard anyone referring to Britain’s second longest serving monarch as Victoria I? No, because there has not yet been a Victoria II, so she is referred to as Queen Victoria. “The first” is only added when there is a need to distinguish them from “the second”.

Looks like we got a reader over here.

I think you may be living in a different timeline than I am.

Revolutions podcast covers this too. It was the puritans who wanted to and they def tried to ban the partying and drinking part. But they were so unsuccessful and many people freaked out when they kept pushing.

Don't think Cromwell was behind it bc he seemed to want to flex as little power as possible.

Need rescuing do we? Sorry I’m The Sheriff, not Father Christmas!

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Purtians obsevred Christmas as a serious-minded church observance. They did have holidays (like the origina Plymouth Thanksgiving,) but not on church festivals. Even into th emid-1800s, Christmas observances in ?New England tended to be very subdued, unlike in areas with large German, Dutch, and to some extent Northern Irish ethnic populations,

“ Dear St. Anthony, come on down, something’s lost and can’t be found.”

What is the smell of the people in the Dark Ages?

Is this true that Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire drowned 280 of his concubines?

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This made me snort and smirk.