Current Events > Christmas was first celebrated in USA around 1840-1870; ~100 years later

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https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/christmas-day

During Reformation and up until the middle of the 1800s, Christmas was often not celebrated because partying and merry making was seen as unchristian. From about 1840, celebrating Christmas became more widespread. December 25 was declared a federal holiday in the United States in 1870. Since then Christmas Day has become a steadily more important holiday.

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1868506_1868508_1868518,00.html

From 1659 to 1681, showcasing one's holiday spirit in Boston could cost you a fine of as much as five shillings. That's right Christmas used to be illegal. It's somewhat surprising, then, that the same puritanical minds also created the first American batch of eggnog at Captain John Smith's 1607 Jamestown settlement. (The word nog comes from the word grog; that is, any drink made with rum.) Christmas was so inconsequential in early America that after the Revolutionary War, Congress didn't even bother taking the day off to celebrate the holiday, deciding instead to hold its first session on Christmas Day, 1789. It took almost a century for Congress to proclaim it a federal holiday.

http://www.historytoday.com/penne-restad/christmas-19th-century-america

America existed since 1776

It is ironic that people see certain things as having always existed and always been done. Delving into history kinda says "nope, infact such a thing isn't even old tbh".
Just a neat little tidbit for your Dec 22 Friday.
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