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Hovis | 12:04 Wed 19th Jan 2005 | History
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Why are you breaking the law when you eat a mince pie?
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apprently i was reading this in my sociology book that i have got, that it was breaking the law (yrs ago) if you cooked or at a mince pie on christmas day, also if you howl a cab in the street and if a salesman went to sell something to lady on a sunday.  how times have changed.
'Cos you nicked it.
Because it's illegal.

Celebrating Christmas with food and parties was banned by the Puritans in the time of Oliver Cromwell.

Ursula's right, for the same reason I believe it's still illegal to eat a Hot Cross Bun. The Puritans believed religious holdiays were not for merrymaking. I guess they just forgot to repeal the laws once the monarchy was restored

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