The Puritans, it turns out, were not too keen on the holiday. They first discouraged Yuletide festivities and later outright banned them. At first glance, banning Christmas celebrations might seem ...

just as the raucous celebrations of its 1660 restoration in England marked a return to tradition after a Puritan government actually banned the celebration of Christmas and enforced the law with ...

For Christians, Christmas marks the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God, the King of kings. It may be hard to believe, but the celebration of Christmas was hit and miss in the American colonies.