7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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In 1999, residents of the state of Maine in America built the world's biggest ever snowman. He stood at 113ft tall.
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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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Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.
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Although now mostly vegetarian, in Victorian times, mince pies were made with beef and spices.
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Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented for a US firm's Christmas promotion in 1938.
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The first Christmas card was designed in 1843 by J.C. Horsley.
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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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