tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post819132094600262940..comments2023-10-17T10:29:57.984-04:00Comments on The Screaming Pope: SantaConFrancishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07981546907877838890noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post-38774936666804589262012-12-18T13:47:26.220-05:002012-12-18T13:47:26.220-05:00If Cromwell is where your goose is cooked comes fr...If Cromwell is where your goose is cooked comes from then I'm all for Cromwell. Geese are beautiful animals who don't deserve to be cooked though I'll admit it, I too eat them, trying to pretend that what's on my place was never a living thing. If SantaCon brings about a Cromwellian reaction, shouldn't it be rethought? The chain vomiting Santas recall the famous scene in Monty Python, but something has got to give when this kind of anarchy is loosed upon our streets. best FrancisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post-59079679581058779062012-12-18T12:27:25.991-05:002012-12-18T12:27:25.991-05:00I had to google Santacon to believe it. Everythin...I had to google Santacon to believe it. Everything old is new again: during Cromwell's reign (and afterward in some parts of the American colonies where Puritans set the rules), Christmas celebrations were banned. Drunken young men carousing the streets, gluttony, raucous good cheer, and sinful bright costuming were forbidden. Will Santacon's over-the-top celebrations lead to a Puritanical response? The smell of a holiday goose cooking in Cromwell's England would bring a visit from the police and a hefty fine, or time in the stocks. Is that when and where the phrase "Your goose is cooked" originated?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com