Christmas Facts

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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    The sun sets on 24 December at 3.55pm in the UK, and rises the following morning at 8.05am.
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    Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
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    The twelve days of Christmas are the days between Christmas Day and Epiphany (6th of January) and represent the length of time it took for the wise men from the East to visit the manger of Jesus after his birth.
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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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    The tradition of putting tangerines in stockings comes from 12th-century French nuns who left socks full of fruit, nuts and tangerines at the houses of the poor.
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