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    Random Christmas Facts

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    The definition of a white Christmas in the UK is for a single snow flake (perhaps amongst a shower of mixed rain and snow) to be observed falling in the 24 hours of December 25th.
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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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    Louis Prang, a Bavarian-born lithographer who came to the USA from Germany in the 19th century, popularized the sending of printed Christmas cards. He invented a way of reproducing color oil paintings
    , the "chromolithograph technique", and created a car
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    The first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.
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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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    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 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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    Carols began as an old English custom called wassailing, toasting neighbours to a long life.
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