Trivia Wednesday #152: Christmas as a federal holiday

answer #151 - To compete with a pagan holiday. There were already pagan holidays celebrating the Winter Solstice. (Why was December 25th chosen as Christmas Day?)

question #152 - When was Christmas declared a federal holiday in the US?


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