Mon Dec 23, 2013, 11:45 PM
Christmas = illegal???
I did a search and found this from 2005, so thought in honor of our "friends" at Faux News I would post again. Could that be the sound of heads popping???!!!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5555469 From 1659 to 1681, showcasing one's holiday spirit in Boston could cost you a fine of as much as five shillings. Yes that's right — Christmas used to be illegal. 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. 
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PumpkinAle | Dec 2013 | OP |
| hrmjustin | Dec 2013 | #1 | |
| CFLDem | Dec 2013 | #2 | |
| TexasTowelie | Dec 2013 | #3 | |
| PumpkinAle | Dec 2013 | #5 | |
| pintobean | Dec 2013 | #4 | |
| msongs | Dec 2013 | #6 |
Response to PumpkinAle (Original post)
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 11:51 PM
TexasTowelie (101,761 posts)
3. I posted an article in Good Reads yesterday regarding this subject that goes into more depth.
Response to PumpkinAle (Original post)
Tue Dec 24, 2013, 02:14 AM
msongs (65,549 posts)
6. at least then you could shop at Safeway w/out canned music telling you you're going to hell when
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you die unless you are a believer
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