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Show Early Puritans Forbid 'Crime' of Celebrating Christmas the like, either by forebcarjng labor, la-bor, feasting, or any oilier way, upon such account as aforesaid, every ev-ery such person so offending shall pay for every such offense five shillings shill-ings as a fine to the county." Celebrating Christmas was a crime to the early Puritans in Massachusetts. Mas-sachusetts. The practice was looked down upon with so much disfavor that anyone observing the date was fined five shillings. On May 11, 1659, the general court in Boston passed a law against Christmas celebrations cel-ebrations which said: "It is therefore ordered by this court and the authority thereof that whomsoever shall be found observ- , ing any such day as Christmas or |