[["Who said anything about banning Christmas?!\nChristmas was banned by the Puritans in Boston from 1659 to 1681. But that was ages ago.", 11.0], ["In 1659, the Massachusetts Bay Colony (in the area of where Boston is today) passed a series of laws making any observance of Christmas illegal, and punishing offenders with a five shilling fine (which would be equivalent to $8,000 today).", 4.0]]
which u. s. city banned christmas in nineteen fifty nine
history