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Happy Knox Year!

EDINBURGH is marketing its Hogmanay party as a great Presbyterian event.

The publicity goes: "Did you know that the magical celebrations are actually a result of the Scottish Reformation?"

John Knox and his austere Protestant pals kicked Christmas into touch because it reeked of Rome. The natives poured all their celebratory energies into ancient pagan festivals to welcome in the new year.

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