Christmas Facts

    Random Christmas Facts

    There are 44 Christmas Facts!

    The abbreviation Xmas isn't irreligious. The letter X is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.
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    Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
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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 world's tallest Xmas tree at 221ft high was erected in a Washington shopping mall in 1950.
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    English Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas between 1647 and 1660 because he believed such celebrations were immoral for the holiest day of the year.
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    Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented for a US firm's Christmas promotion in 1938.
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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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