Tuesday, September 29, 2009
September 29th, 2009 - Early Christmas in America
Pennsylvania German settlers, Moravians that settled in Bethlehem and Nazareth, had the first Christmas trees and nativity scenes in America. Despite this, the Puritans in early America frowned on the celebration of Christmas, it was actually outlawed in Boston from 1659 to 1681.
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