I think the first holiday captured is Santa, so that would be Christmas (:
Alabama was the first state to declare Christmas a legal holiday in 1836
White Christmas.
Alabama was the first American state to declare Christmas an official holiday. By 1890 other states also followed suit. Christmas is the only religious holiday in America, which is also a national legal holiday.
The first state to recognize Christmas as a legal holiday was Alabama in 1836.
Tennessee
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After her Accession on 6 February 1952, The Queen broadcast her first Christmas Message live on the radio from her study at Sandringham, Norfolk. You will note it is not known as a Christmas holiday message it is a Christmas message As the head of the church of England it would be unlikely for her to refer to Christmas as a holiday.
Christmas
In around 1700
Christmas wasn't declared a federal holiday in the USA until June 26, 1870.
First of all, christian is the same thing as catholic. Christmas is a christian holiday because it deals with the birth of Jesus.