Is it true that in the UK eating a mince pie on Christmas day is illegal?
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In 1647, the English parliament under Oliver Cromwell made Christmas celebration illegal (considering feasting and celebration on a holy day to be immoral).   That law was repealed.\n\nThe Holy Days and Fasting Days Act of 1551, which among other things forbade the use of any kind of transportation on Christmas, has never been repealed.
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A traditional British Christmas involves maxing the credit cards buying lots of unnecessary presents for people you don't like, buying lots of unhealthy food which is then either undercooked and causes salmonella poisoning or overcooked and elicits unwelcome advice from his mother, the rest of the family then all fall asleep until some poor hostess has done all the washing up, before waking up in a bad mood to drink sufficient alcohol to cause the family equivalent of World War III before someone is arrested and dragged off to the cells.  Why would you want to give up your peaceful Buddhist way of life to join in such a debacle?
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Ironically as I understand it there is NO legal right to a so called 'bank holiday' as a day off or to take it as a day in lieu if it falls on a normal day off. I have just quickly confirmed this is correct, type in 'bank holiday working legislation' in google and there is a mass of info for you. Obviously many even most employers do treat bank holidays as a day you are entitled to but you appear perhaps to be working for a 21st century Mr. Scrooge. Also traditionally certain trades esp the building trades always close at Christmas and new year for obvious reasons and, depending upon the terms of employment they might be agreed to be part of your holiday entitlement over which you have no option but to accept what your employer says. You should ask to see your contract of employment, every employee is entitled to one. If you still can not find the answers try your local citizens advise centre, & or the library and they may help you with useful links or local advice centres.
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The main thing I saw was that it was deemed inappropriate to accept gifts and favours from vendors. For example we weren't allowed to go on golfing trips or accept bottles of liquor/wine at holiday periods. \n\nIt was classed as if we were accepting a bribe for future orders. Ouch!\n\nEverything had to be declared. A bit of a pain really, but we all put everything in a raffle and ended up with something at the end anyway!
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if its for fun. its illegal an if its for sport an your gonna eat it then no
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No we dont. Infact we dont have a public holiday to celebrate the 'UK'....eg a national celebration day. There was recent discussion in paliment about this, but I have not heard anything more about it.\n Not like some sort of 'independence day' like the states have .
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In response:\n\nIn England, it is illegal for a commoner's dog to carnal knowledge of a dog of the Royal House\n\nIt is also illegal to hang a bed out of a window\n\nMost goods may not be sold on a Sunday, carrots excepted\n\nIt is illegal to stand within 90m of the reiging monarch not wearing socks\n\nSince 1313, it is illegal for an MP to enter the House of Commons wearing a full suit of armour\n\nIt is illegal for two adult men to have sex in the same house as a third perosn (yes, honestly!)\n\nIn York, excluding Sundays, it is legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow\n\nIn the book (and now film) Casino Royale, the name "Vesper Lynd" is a wordplay on "West Berlin"\n\nThe British spend £440 million on prostitutes each year (not something to be proud of, I'm afraid)\n\nIn Avon, there is a place caled "Catbrain", I kid ye not\n\nAnd finally... in Britain, a license is required to keep a lunatic.\n\nHope this is of interest.
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its legal but only for like less than an ounce. its a medical law. you also have to be on private property to consume it
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Most of the holidays celebrated today have a pagan origin, which means that they aroused from false religions.  These false religions used these celebrations to do bad things, like the worship of false gods and idols.  Many of the holidays today are an excuse for people to eat and drink in excess and commit acts of immorality, which, obviously, are things God condemns.
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I am betting they made a mistake on the paper... a typo perhaps or just human error in recording it.  Contact the school to verify.  Is it legal?  I do not know, but I know you can have them excused for religious reasons in America.  Any good lawyer can push that issue.  Just as some religions do not do Christmas and are excused the day of the party, etc.\n\nMy guess is that it was a mistake, but contact them to find out.\n\nSue
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unlawfull                                illegal
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http://www.pringles.com/_kong/en_UK/\n\nAre you in the UK?
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The Anarchist's Cookbook is a joke, actually.  Most of the stuff in there is common knowledge, and a lot of it was totally made up (Smoking a banana peel?  Come on now).\n\nSo no.  It's not illegal in any sense of the word.  Nor is it really dangerous.\n\nHeck, you can buy it on AMAZON!!!
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not in the uk it isnt
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Is it illegal to sell food to teenagers?
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What's wrong with you? Thanksgiving is a commemoration of the first successful harvest of the Mayflower Pilgrims in New England. If you knew anything at all, you would know that they travelled to the New World to escape religious intolerance in England. But still you ask how we celebrate Thanksgiving here in the UK. The USA and UK may have the same language, but that does not mean that they will necessarily have the same traditions.\n\nThe nearest thing we have to the USA's Thanksgiving is Harvest Festival celebrated in churches, and usually in September. See this website for more details: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Harvest.html\n\nHalloween was hardly celebrated in the UK before the 1980s. There were some kids' parties, with children dressed as witches, and apple bobbing. Swedes (Swedish turnips) were used for making lantern faces illuminated by a candle. Some older kids would remove garden gates from their hinges, and hide them - all trick and no treat. And that was about it.\n\nThe reason for that is that the UK has a more established celebration on November 5th - Guy Fawkes Night (aka Bonfire Night or Fireworks Night). See this website for further information: http://www.bonefire.org/guy/ . Furthermore children used to collect money in the street - see the "Penny for the guy" tradition as outlined in this webpage:  http://homepages.tesco.net/~derek.berger/holidays/guyfawkes.html\n\nHowever things changed in the 1980s following the release of the films E.T. and Halloween. As a result of the 1982 film, E.T., (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083866/) more children began dressing up in spooky costumes and knocking on doors for sweets. A consequence of the 1978 film, Halloween (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/), was that a public demand for pumpkins was created, and they are now used for making lantern faces. Adults also have costumed Halloween parties. Nowadays Halloween here is no different from the USA.\n\nI hope this answers your query.
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This isn't a question, really, it's just silly.  It says that Muslims aren't allowed to eat pork.  Kissing is different.