Yes - very well understood over here. You do have to kind of keep in mind that many of the earliest colonists on this side of the pond were not only directly victimized financially by the Culture Wars, but had actually had family members and friends tortured and killed - thus the incredibly long run of resentments. And, as is so often the case with such things, the actual relative was forgotten long before the resentment. (I later discovered that 3 different grandfathers perished in this very manner, and gained a sudden insight to those views.)
In other news - in the early 1800’s, Congress and the State Legislatures stayed in session on Xmas. They considered their duties there more important than the family dinner (which might be held more miles away than they could travel after the working day ended).
Funny how times change…in some ways, but hardly at all in others, no?
