| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - On this day ???in 1659, a law was passed by the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony requiring a five-shilling fine from anyone caught ???observing any such day as Christmas or the like, either by forbearing of labor, feasting, or any other way.??? Christmas Day was deemed by the Puritans to be a time of seasonal excess with no Biblical authority.
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