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Christmas: United States
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The Alliance Defense Fund of Scottsdale, Ariz., said it was appropriate for the state to recognize Hanukkah by allowing the display of a menorah but unconstitutional to deny the nativity scene to recognize Christmas. Continue.
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Some considered the U.S. government's recognition of Christmas as a federal holiday to be a violation of the separation of church and state. This was brought to trial several times, recently including in Lynch v. Donnelly (1984)[9] and Ganulin v. United States (1999).[48]
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