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Today in legal history...
Monday, May 11, 2009
Massachusetts repealed law banning Christmas
On May 11, 1682, the
Massachusetts General Court
repealed two laws that had banned the celebration of Christmas and had authorized capital punishment for expelled Quakers returning to the colony.
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