Popular belief holds that 3 wise men visited Bethlehem from the east bearing gifts. However there is no mention in the bible about the number of wise men who visited. Three gifts were brought - gold, frankincense and myrrh, but names commonly attributed t
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Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
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7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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The twelve days of Christmas are the days between Christmas Day and Epiphany (6th of January) and represent the length of time it took for the wise men from the East to visit the manger of Jesus after his birth.
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The first Christmas card was designed in 1843 by J.C. Horsley.
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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 first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.
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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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