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Christmas in Scotland
Prior to the Reformation of 1560, Christmas in Scotland, then called "Yule" (alternative spellings include Yhoill, Yuil, Ȝule and Ȝoull; see Yogh) or in Gaelic-speaking areas "Nollaig", was celebrated in a similar fashion to the rest of Catholic Europe. Calderwood recorded that in 1545, a few months before his murder, Cardinal Beaton had "passed over the Christmasse dayes with games and feasting".[citation needed] However, the Reformation transformed attitudes to traditional Christian feasting days, including Christmas, and led in practice to the abolition of festival days and other church holidays, the Kirk and the state being closely linked in Scotland during the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. A 1640 act of the Parliament of Scotland abolished the "Yule vacation and all observation thereof in time coming".
Two acts of the Estates of Parliament — the Yule Vacance Act 1640 (Act discharging the Yule vacance) (5 June 1640) and the Yule Vacance Act 1690 (April c. 52) Act dischargeing the Yule vacance (15 April 1690)— abolished the Yule Vacance (Christmas recess).
The first act was partly repealed by the Yule Vacance Act 1686 (c. 7), when Episcopalianism was briefly in ascendancy within the Kirk.
The second act was partly repealed in 1712 by the Yule Vacance Act 1711 (10 Ann. c. 22) of the Parliament of Great Britain.
The third act was repealed by the Yule Vacance Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 28).
The 1640 act stated (in Middle Scots):
English translation:
"... the kirk within this kingdom is now purged of all superstitious observation of days... therefore the said estates have discharged and simply discharge the foresaid Yule vacation and all observation thereof in time coming, and rescind and annul all acts, statutes and warrants and ordinances whatsoever granted at any time heretofore for keeping of the said Yule vacation, with all custom of observation thereof, and find and declare the same to be extinct, void and of no force nor effect in time coming."
Robert Jamieson recorded the opinion of an English clergyman regarding the post-reformation suppression of Christmas:
Christmas in Scotland
Prior to the Reformation of 1560, Christmas in Scotland, then called "Yule" (alternative spellings include Yhoill, Yuil, Ȝule and Ȝoull; see Yogh) or in Gaelic-speaking areas "Nollaig", was celebrated in a similar fashion to the rest of Catholic Europe. Calderwood recorded that in 1545, a few months before his murder, Cardinal Beaton had "passed over the Christmasse dayes with games and feasting".[citation needed] However, the Reformation transformed attitudes to traditional Christian feasting days, including Christmas, and led in practice to the abolition of festival days and other church holidays, the Kirk and the state being closely linked in Scotland during the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. A 1640 act of the Parliament of Scotland abolished the "Yule vacation and all observation thereof in time coming".
Two acts of the Estates of Parliament — the Yule Vacance Act 1640 (Act discharging the Yule vacance) (5 June 1640) and the Yule Vacance Act 1690 (April c. 52) Act dischargeing the Yule vacance (15 April 1690)— abolished the Yule Vacance (Christmas recess).
The first act was partly repealed by the Yule Vacance Act 1686 (c. 7), when Episcopalianism was briefly in ascendancy within the Kirk.
The second act was partly repealed in 1712 by the Yule Vacance Act 1711 (10 Ann. c. 22) of the Parliament of Great Britain.
The third act was repealed by the Yule Vacance Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 28).
The 1640 act stated (in Middle Scots):
English translation:
"... the kirk within this kingdom is now purged of all superstitious observation of days... therefore the said estates have discharged and simply discharge the foresaid Yule vacation and all observation thereof in time coming, and rescind and annul all acts, statutes and warrants and ordinances whatsoever granted at any time heretofore for keeping of the said Yule vacation, with all custom of observation thereof, and find and declare the same to be extinct, void and of no force nor effect in time coming."
Robert Jamieson recorded the opinion of an English clergyman regarding the post-reformation suppression of Christmas:
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