THE 1659 PROJECT : CAMBRIDGE TO EXTEND SALEM BAN ON USE OF FOSSIL FUELS FOR WITCH BURNING

IN THE TRUE PURITAN SPIRIT OF OUTLAWING CHRISTMAS:

CAMBRIDGE HAS GIVEN NOTICE THAT FLAMING A CHRISTMAS PUDDING IS AS HATEFUL TO GOD AND THE LORD'S ELECT AS BURNING GASOLINE. 

FIVE SHILLINGS FINE IS A MERCY, YE SNARLYWOWES -- JUDGE  MATHER OF SALEM WOULD  HANG ANY  POPISH PRETERITE WHO DARES  SET A PUDDING ALIGHT  !