The 17th and 18th century colonial Puritans and Pilgrims of New England, such as those from Simsbury, CT, were very pious, so Christmas was just another day to devote to God. Their ministers rejected celebrating the holiday due to its pagan roots from the Roman winter festival of Saturnalia and […]
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The first European settlers of Simsbury, CT (a.k.a. the Massaco settlement) in the late 1600s were pious Puritans and Pilgrims (Puritan Separatists). To these Christians, the Bible was foremost. Worship services were unadorned, having worship in a “meeting house” with plain architecture, simple furnishings, and no musical instruments. (The photo […]