 Tolerance for Christmas increased after the Restoration but the Puritan opposition to the holiday persisted in New England for almost two centuries.In the Dutch New Netherland colony, season celebrations focused on New Year's Day.Following the Restoration of the monarchy and with Puritans out of power in England, the ban on Christmas was satirized in works such as Josiah King's "The Examination and Tryal of Old Father Christmas; Together with his Clearing by the Jury" (1686).