The “War on Christmas” is actually a thing
As you know, Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ, which one might think would make it a hands-down joyous occasion. Nope. This holiday has actually been a source of controversy in the United States since the earliest Colonial days.
In 1659, the Puritan government of the Massachusetts Bay Colony went so far as to outlaw Christmas in order to discourage “disorderly” behavior that might be “offensive to God.” Anyone who failed to show up for work or participated in feasting would be fined five shillings. The Christmas ban lasted until 1681 and Massachusetts didn’t make Christmas an official holiday until 1856.
