[DOC] [TLE] Christmas in Puritan New England - Wikipedia [PAR] Christmas celebrations in New England were illegal during part of the 17th 
century, and were culturally taboo or rare in Puritan colonies from foundation until 
the ... When Christmas became a Federal holiday in 1870, the Puritan view was 
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1659, the Massachusetts Bay Colony legislature even went ... Massachusetts 
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banned by the Puritan-dominated Parliament of England in 1644, with the ... 
Christmas was outlawed in Boston, and the Plymouth colony made... [DOC] [TLE] Mass Moments: Christmas Celebration Outlawed [PAR] Dec 25, 2014 ... E/MS Unit II: Building a New Society: Life in Colonial Massachusetts ... Like other 
Massachusetts Puritans, the Reverend Increase Mather considered ... were 
willing to have those Pagan Holidays metamorphosed into Christian [ones]. ... 
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Puritans  a Christian cohort  that were battling over the holiday... [DOC] [TLE] The Plain Truth: When Christmas was illegal in America [PAR] Dec 24, 2010 ... In America's increasing love-affair with Christmas (both the Christian ... the 
holiday were the Puritans of 17th-century Massachusetts. Between 1659 and 
1681, Christmas celebrations were outlawed in the colony, and the law... [DOC] [TLE] The Puritans and the Founding of the New England Colonies ... [PAR] The Puritans and the Founding of the New England Colonies .... tried to eliminate 
worldly distractions, such as entertainment, decorations or holidays. For example, 
they made it illegal to celebrate Christmas because the Christian Bible does ... 
Two years later, a Massachusetts woman named Anne Hutchinson got in trouble
... [DOC] [TLE] Religion  MayflowerHistory.com [PAR] Their church was created around the model of the "ancient church" ... established 
a printing press to illegally distribute new Separatist and Puritan books in 
England. The Pilgrim church had a number of religious differences with the 
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colony's church. [DOC] [TLE] Colonial America for Kids: Puritans - Ducksters [PAR] Kids learn about the history of the Puritans in colonial America including their 
beliefs, ... The Puritans were English Christians who did not agree with the 
practices of the ... Being a Puritan was illegal and people who practiced 
Puritanism had a ... He was banished from Massachusetts and formed his own 
settlement called... [DOC] [TLE] Christmas in Early New England^ 1620-1820: Puritanism, Popular ... [PAR] Massachusetts it was actually illegal for several decades to celebrate the holiday. 
... Puritans in suppressing the holiday was neither complete nor long-lasting. But 
that is ... their patrons a merry Christmasand asked for money in return-made it 
clear to .... example, accurately observed in 1687 that the early Christians who. [DOC] [TLE] America's first 'War on Christmas' | Public Radio International [PAR] Dec 23, 2015 ... Believe it or not, Christmas used to be illegal in

Question: In colonial Massachusetts, Puritans made this Christian holiday illegal
Answer: Christmas