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> [“reforms to Christmas behaviors were in part driven by fear of class conflict and a desire to tame customs that, despite their connection to the birth of the Prince of Peace, had become violent, confrontational, and an excuse for manifesting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-bowler/reforms-to-christmas-behaviors-were-in-part-driven-by-fear-of-class/)

[Gerry Bowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-bowler/)

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## More by Gerry Bowler

> [“The Gift-Bringer has ceased to be Dutch or Catholic or, indeed, of any particular ethnic or religious affiliation, owing no allegiance to Europe, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-bowler/the-gift-bringer-has-ceased-to-be-dutch-or-catholic-or-indeed-of-any/)

[Gerry Bowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-bowler/)

> [“versions of popular Christmas carols that one James Dodson produced in the 1990s. Take, for example, “God Keep of All You Protestants” (sung to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-bowler/versions-of-popular-christmas-carols-that-one-james-dodson-produced/)

[Gerry Bowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-bowler/)

> [“reforms to Christmas behaviors were in part driven by fear of class conflict and a desire to tame customs that, despite their connection to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-bowler/reforms-to-christmas-behaviors-were-in-part-driven-by-fear-of-class/)

[Gerry Bowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-bowler/)

> [“the motto “Shop less, live more, save the earth,” the team at Operation Noah, anxious about climate change, is promoting a series of events…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-bowler/the-motto-shop-less-live-more-save-the-earth-the-team-at-operation/)

[Gerry Bowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-bowler/)

> [“In the Christmas season of 1822, Clement Clarke Moore, a prosperous New York scholar and landowner, wrote a series of verses in a lively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-bowler/in-the-christmas-season-of-1822-clement-clarke-moore-a-prosperous-new/)

[Gerry Bowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-bowler/)

> [“Puritans had sought to eliminate Christmas mince pies as “idolatry in crust”; the minions of the French Revolution came down hard on bakers who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-bowler/puritans-had-sought-to-eliminate-christmas-mince-pies-as-idolatry-in/)

[Gerry Bowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-bowler/)

> [“the “advertising lords” of Madison Avenue who “had reduced Christmas to a carnival of mass marketing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-bowler/the-advertising-lords-of-madison-avenue-who-had-reduced-christmas-to/)

[Gerry Bowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-bowler/)

> [“Worship Fully, Spend Less, Give More, and Love All.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-bowler/worship-fully-spend-less-give-more-and-love-all/)

[Gerry Bowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-bowler/)

> [“Why is it that liquor flows more freely at this time of year than any other? Why is it that there are more automobile…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-bowler/why-is-it-that-liquor-flows-more-freely-at-this-time-of-year-than-any/)

[Gerry Bowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-bowler/)

> [“In New England, prejudice against marking the birth of Jesus either in church or in the family lingered until the late nineteenth century: Christmas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-bowler/in-new-england-prejudice-against-marking-the-birth-of-jesus-either-in/)

[Gerry Bowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-bowler/)

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