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The Surprising Truth: Christians Once Banned Christmas
It may seem like Christmas has always been celebrated in the United States, but that's not the case. In fact, the joyous religious holiday was actually banned in America for several decades – by Christians themselves.
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Yep, it was illegal because they knew it was the "winter solstice celebration", of the Pagans, with a new face upon it, of course. It was all part of the Roman syncretization (mixing) of religions to make the "state religion" palatable, i.e. "catholic", (which means "universal)", for virtually all their citizens.