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Getting Started Review unique traditions from Christmas around the world: 1. History of Christmas in America: In 1600s, Puritan-minded Boston, public displays of “holiday spirit” were illegal offenses. The South, on the other hand, enjoyed Christmas festivities. Eggnog was invented in Jamestown, Virginia. Christmas became less popular during the Revolutionary War, due to a desire to break from all English tradition. It flourished again during the Civil War, except the lower classes rioted in the streets to protest upper-class extravagance and waste. The author of "The Headless Horseman" and "A Christmas Carol", Washington Irving, may have revived Christmas. He wrote about a dream of Santa Claus flying through the sky in an open sleigh and created the iconic image of Santa we still see today. He also told a story of a wealthy family inviting peasants into their home to share the Christmas spirit. Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas were the first states to legal...