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Puritans, up to their usual tricks, attempted to ban Christmas when they arrived in the New World in 1620. They branded the festival ‘Foolstide’ and decreed that the only religious day that should be celebrated was the Sabbath.
The Puritans managed to keep the ban going until the middle of the 18th century, at one point even arresting the Sir Edmund Andros, the Governor of Massachusetts, when he tried to sponsor a Christmas service.
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