r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 18h ago

Discussion She almost ruined a proposal.

This was at Crescent Bay Point Park, which allows people to book it special occasions.

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u/justforsomelulz 15h ago

My favorite part is that I was taught that our origin of "seeking refuge from persecution" meant that we we somehow better than everyone else and it was beginning of America Being The Best No Exceptions America Is The Best.

Now I just roll my eyes and think "wow, some attitudes really don't fade..."

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u/Pulse99 10h ago

Yeah they taught us that too. Never explained why they had to leave England, just that they were “persecuted”- turns out it was for being the biggest whiniest loudest bitches about everything since the dark ages.

Kind of funny that nowadays in America yelling about the “war on Christmas” has become an annual tradition.

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u/BeeSpibbleBlop 7h ago

To follow-on to the ideas expressed above, the irony then became that we somewhat gave Christmas back to them. Washington Irving specifically. He wrote a story called Bracebridge Hall talking about Old Christmas. I forgot the particulars. Basically followed a group of Holiday goers traveling into the country to a hall to celebrate old Christmas traditions. Dickens was here in the Americas and took back the idea and ethos to help with A Christmas Carol.

Book: The Battle for Christmas