337 – Earliest possible date that Christmas was celebrated on December 25.
352 – 1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on December 25th.
1621 – Gov. William Bradford of Plymouth colony (now in Massachusetts) forbids game playing on Christmas.
1651 – Massachusetts General Court ordered a five shilling fine for “observing any such day as Christmas”
1818 – Handel’s Messiah, premieres in the US in Boston.
1831 – Louisiana & Arkansas are first states to observe Christmas as a holiday.
1896 – “Stars & Strips Forever” written by John Phillip Sousa.
1902 – Clyde Fitch’ “Girl with Green Eyes” premieres in NYC.
1917 – “Why Mary” 1st drama to win Pulitzer Prize, premieres in NYC.
1930 – 1st US Bobsled run open to public (Lake Placid, NY)
1938 – George Cukor announces Vivien Leigh will play Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone with the Wind”
1939 – Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer.
1940 – Richard Rogers & Lorenz Harts “Pal Joey” premieres in NYC.
1958 – Alan Freed’s Christmas Rock & Roll Spectacular opens.
1962 – “To Kill a Mockingbird”, a film adaption of the novel by Harper Lee directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Gregory Peck, is released.
1968 – Frank Borman’s Christmas reading while orbiting the Moon.
1974 – Marshall Fields drives a vehicle through the gates at the White House, resulting in a four-hour standoff.
1983 – 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade at the EPCOT Centre, Disney World Florida.
1997 – Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season for his TV show.
2013 – “The Wolf of Wall Street”, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill, is released.
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