Fascinating Stories of Christmas Customs & The Art of Talking with Children - SYSK Choice

1435.069 - 1455.032 Brian Earl

Well, word is that during the Puritans ban on Christmas in England, mince pies in particular were banned and that you could get fined for baking one. I did a chapter on this in the book where I interviewed this journalist from the BBC who said she looked into that in particular. And it turns out there's probably not a lot of historical accuracy to calling out mince pies in particular.