Document Type
Article
Publication Date
December 2018
Department
Law
Department
Libraries
Abstract
This piece takes a reference to a December 25, 1823, session of the Kentucky Senate as a starting point to discuss the legal history of Christmas in America and specifically Kentucky from the Puritan era when it was banned, to the early 1800s when it was officially ignored, to the late 19th century when it was raised to a legal holiday (and when many of the day's tradition were created).
ThinkIR Citation
Metzmeier, Kurt, "The War(s) on Christmas in the Law Books" (2018). Faculty Scholarship. 752.
https://ir.library.louisville.edu/faculty/752
