Christmas Facts

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    Robins on cards were a joke 150 years ago when postmen wore red tunics and were named after them.
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    Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
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    Many theologians estimate that Jesus wasn't born on December 25 but sometime in September between 6BC and 30AD.
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    In 1999, residents of the state of Maine in America built the world's biggest ever snowman. He stood at 113ft tall.
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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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    Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
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    The Queen's Christmas speech was first televised in 1957.
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