English Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas between 1647 and 1660 because he believed such celebrations were immoral for the holiest day of the year.
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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 first Christmas card was designed in 1843 by J.C. Horsley.
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Although now mostly vegetarian, in Victorian times, mince pies were made with beef and spices.
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The word Christmas comes from Cristes maesse, or "Christ's Mass." There is no set date for his birth in scripture and it wasn't celebrated on any particular day. However Christmas was first celebrated on the 25th of December in Rome in 336AD with an aim t
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7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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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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The abbreviation Xmas isn't irreligious. The letter X is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.
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