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Nine unbelievable Boston facts

Christmas ban Everyone knows that Boston has a bedtime, but did you know that Boston also banned Christmas? That's right — the Pilgrims banned Christmas for over two decades in the 17th century, punishing those who celebrated the holiday.

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Manuscripts among rare Hemingway items shown at JFK library

BOSTON (AP) — Ernest Hemingway and John F. Kennedy never met, but the author's most extensive personal collection is housed at JFK's presidential library and is now on public display. The exhibition opening this week in Boston includes original manuscripts of some of his most famous literary