The Real Story of How the First Christmas in North America was Observed in Tallahassee
Long before the Mayflower anchored at Plymouth, the red clay hills of Tallahassee served as the backdrop for the first recorded Christmas in what is now the United States. In the winter of 1539, Spanish explorers and priests celebrated a solemn Mass at the village of Anhaica, establishing a holiday legacy that predates the founding of our nation's most famous colonies by nearly a century.