Show new year celebration popular in england the english have always had a big time on new years eve when mien the puritan government abolished christmas and absolutely forbade any celebration of that day the english vented all their holiday spirit on the new year although restoration of the stuarts brought about a revival of christmas customs and traditions dit ions the new year celebration never faded in popularity surviving puritanism and later in 1752 the switch to the gregorian calendar when the date of its observance was changed from march 25 to january 1 the tallest christmas tree on record was a foot douglas fir set up in 1950 in northgate ti a suburb of seattle washington it display colored lights |