The Bed Factory - Christmas Fact Friday✨ It's technically illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas Day in England. In the 17th century, Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas pudding, mince pies and anything
![Is it illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas Day and what are the origins of the rumoured 'law'? | The Scottish Sun Is it illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas Day and what are the origins of the rumoured 'law'? | The Scottish Sun](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/nintchdbpict000349567644.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1)
Is it illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas Day and what are the origins of the rumoured 'law'? | The Scottish Sun
![The Farmers Boy Inn Longhope on Twitter: "Mince pies were once banned Legend has it that in the 17th century Oliver Cromwell banned eating mince pies at Christmas as he saw it The Farmers Boy Inn Longhope on Twitter: "Mince pies were once banned Legend has it that in the 17th century Oliver Cromwell banned eating mince pies at Christmas as he saw it](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0bP42VVAAALMfO.png)
The Farmers Boy Inn Longhope on Twitter: "Mince pies were once banned Legend has it that in the 17th century Oliver Cromwell banned eating mince pies at Christmas as he saw it
The Cromwell Museum on Twitter: "As an example of one of the many bits of #BadHistoryGoesViral on Twitter is a myth that Mince Pies - or indeed pies of any description -
![Capita CIC sur Twitter : "It's technically illegal to eat #mincepies on #ChristmasDay in England. In the 17th century, Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas pudding, mince pies and anything to do with gluttony. Capita CIC sur Twitter : "It's technically illegal to eat #mincepies on #ChristmasDay in England. In the 17th century, Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas pudding, mince pies and anything to do with gluttony.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Du3FGZeX4AAewAw.jpg:large)