2007-11-29 05:44:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Christmas was declared a United States Federal holiday in 1870, signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas
2007-11-29 05:51:08 · answer #1 · answered by Polo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christmas was declared a United States Federal holiday in 1870, signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant.
sorry polo: I needed to practice my copy/paste business, besides it's the correct answer,lol
2007-11-29 14:51:46 · answer #2 · answered by Elizabeth (the jewish princess) 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when Christianity became the governing body of the western world and the pope had the say as to what was a holy day where is the name Holiday came from the church ran the world we now call the western world that's when it was in the 10th century that Christmas was celebrated by the mass on Christ-mas day that's where the name comes from Christ and mass so i think to the dooms day book it was first worship ed by peasants in the 10th century after the Norman conquest but was worship ed before that by priests abbots and monks
2007-11-29 13:57:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
UK Bank holidays were first introduced by the Bank Holidays Act of 1871
2007-11-29 14:22:42 · answer #4 · answered by Fred3663 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think of Christmas as Christmas and nothing more and Jesus birthday.
2007-11-29 13:53:09 · answer #5 · answered by Juniahh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋