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In 1907, Oklahoma became the last U.S. state to declare Christmas an official holiday.
Oklahoma was the last state to declare Christmas a holiday in 1890. Oklahoma was a territory in 1890 and became a state in 1907 after which four more states joined the union The last state must have been one of them.
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Oklahoma declared Christmas a legal holiday in 1907. It was the last state in the United States to do so. Alabama was the first state to declare this day a legal holiday in 1836.
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Well, honey, Alabama was the last state to jump on the Christmas bandwagon and make it an official holiday in 1836. They were probably too busy sipping sweet tea and enjoying the warm weather to bother declaring it a holiday sooner. But hey, better late than never, right?
First, it should be noted that in 1870, congress created the concept of "federal holidays." At that time, congress declared Christmas one of the federal holidays, along with New Year's Day, Independence Day, and Thanksgiving. But long before congress recognized Christmas, Alabama had become the first state to make it an official holiday, in 1836. However, not every state agreed: back then, some states were influenced by Puritanism, and regarded the celebration of Christmas as sinful. Some sources say that Oklahoma was the last state to officially recognize it as a legal holiday, waiting until 1907 to do so.
Christmas is the last holiday of the year.
Do you mean Christmas, or what holiday in particular?
okla
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
the whole holiday