Christmas Facts

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    Santa Claus Mailing Address
    Santa Claus Mailing Address
    Each year, Canada Post receives a million letters addressed to "Santa Claus, The North Pole, H0H 0H0". They reply to every one.
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    The Christmas tree displayed in Trafalgar square in London is an annual gift to the UK from Norway since 1947. The Norwegian spruce given is a token of appreciation of British friendship during World War II from the Norwegian people.
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    Boxing Day Origin
    Boxing Day Origin
    Boxing Day is named so because it was the day that "Christmas boxes" were given to the more needy.
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    Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
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    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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    The first Christmas card was designed in 1843 by J.C. Horsley.
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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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    Frumenty was a spiced porridge, enjoyed by both rich and poor. It was a forerunner of modern Christmas puddings. It is linked in legend to the Celtic god Dagda, who stirred a porridge made up of all the good things of the earth.
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