Christmas Facts

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    7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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    In many households, part of the fun of eating Christmas pudding is finding a trinket that predicts your fortune for the coming year. For instance, finding a coin means you will become wealthy. A ring means you will get married; while a button predicts bac
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    The abbreviation Xmas isn't irreligious. The letter X is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.
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    Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    Carols began as an old English custom called wassailing, toasting neighbours to a long life.
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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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