I believe the year was like 1650 or something like that.
2007-11-27 06:56:49 · 3 answers · asked by Soda 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
1659 Massachusetts banned Christmas as a celebration. The law stayed in effect for 22 years. The Puritan influence remained for generations after that, and the phrase "Banned in Boston" meant anything with salacious or sexual content especially plays and theater.
2007-11-27 21:59:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, we weren't really "states" back in 1650. You mean in the U.S., right? I'm confused?
Edit: Aha! You're right. I found something! Read on:
In his Pulitzer Prize finalist, "The Battle for Christmas," historian Stephen Nissenbaum at the University of Massachusetts documents the American development of the holiday now ensconced in popular culture.
"In New England, for the first two centuries of white settlement," writes Nissenbaum, "most people did not celebrate Christmas. In fact, the holiday was systematically suppressed by Puritans during the colonial period and largely ignored by their descendants. It was actually illegal to celebrate Christmas in Massachusetts between 1659 and 1681 (the fine was five shillings). Only in the middle of the nineteenth century did Christmas gain legal recognition as an official public holiday in New England."
2007-11-27 15:07:41 · answer #2 · answered by neni 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was throughout the US for a long period of time.
Most likely the one you are speaking of here was Massachusetts.
2007-11-27 15:01:42 · answer #3 · answered by Yun 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋