Christmas Facts

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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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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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    The Queen's Christmas speech was first televised in 1957.
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    The first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.
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    7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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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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    The sun sets on 24 December at 3.55pm in the UK, and rises the following morning at 8.05am.
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    Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
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