MMC Mourning Dickens and Recognizing Christmas

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June of 1870 is a month of incredible Christmas history. It was during this month that the Congress of the United States passed a blandly worded law making Christmas a legal national holiday and it was the time that the world mourned the passing of Charles Dickens. Christmas in America was an ancient tradition. Contrary to many modern historians and popular culture that tells us Christmas was a secular invention of the middle part of the 19th century, it is a well- documented fact that Christmas was celebrated in America from the very beginning. What was the first thing ColumbusRead more

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