In fact, in 1659, the Puritan government of the Massachusetts Bay Colony went so far as to outlaw Christmas in order to discourage “disorderly” behavior that might be “offensive to God.” ...

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Click the button below to learn about some of our earliest Christmas number ones. Sir Cliff Richard has managed to top the charts in five decades, with number one singles from the 1950s to the 1990s.