Christmas Facts

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    Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented for a US firm's Christmas promotion in 1938.
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    The first Christmas card was designed in 1843 by J.C. Horsley.
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    In many households, part of the fun of eating Christmas pudding is finding a trinket that predicts your fortune for the coming year. For instance, finding a coin means you will become wealthy. A ring means you will get married; while a button predicts bac
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    Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
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    Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
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    The world's tallest Xmas tree at 221ft high was erected in a Washington shopping mall in 1950.
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    In the Ukraine, if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas morning, it is believed to be a harbinger of good luck! There once lived a woman so poor, says a Ukrainian folk tale, that she could not afford Christmas decorations for her family. One Ch
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    US scientists calculated that Santa would have to visit 822 homes a second to deliver all the world's presents on Christmas Eve, travelling at 650 miles a second.
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