Christmas Facts

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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 Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine of a goat. It is usually made of straw. Scandinavian Christmas festivities feature a variety of straw decorations in the form of stars, angels, hearts and other shapes, as well as t
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    The first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.
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    'Klaxon' is a name that does not belong to one of Santa's reindeer. A klaxon is actually a powerful electric horn. Its name comes from a German word meaning "shriek".
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    The Queen's Christmas speech was first televised in 1957.
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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 abbreviation Xmas isn't irreligious. The letter X is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.
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