tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post7391524589457429645..comments2024-02-13T11:11:28.246+00:00Comments on Bishop Alan’s Blog: Winter Lights Oxford: hysterical toshBishop Alan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-26851045208881971102008-11-10T17:57:00.000+00:002008-11-10T17:57:00.000+00:00I think the only people in the UK who seriously tr...I think the only people in the UK who seriously tried banning Christmas were the Puritans during the Protectorate. This infidel at least enjoys the holiday.<BR/><BR/>A few years ago I visited Myra in Turkey where St. Nicholas had been bishop (and had been buried until some Italians stole his body for their own city of Bari). The museum in nearby Antalya had bags with the traditional chubby Santa Claus on it to depict the bishop. It was a bit incongruous to me.Erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037406583478493064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-1502931404589621592008-11-09T15:39:00.000+00:002008-11-09T15:39:00.000+00:00I want to do an essay on this subject - okay to qu...I want to do an essay on this subject - okay to quote you?Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.com