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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			Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.
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			Carols began as an old English custom called wassailing, toasting neighbours to a long life.
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			The first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.
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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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			US scientists calculated that Santa would have to visit 822 homes a second to deliver all the world's presents on Christmas Eve, travelling at 650 miles a second.
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			Santa Claus has many different names around the world including Father Christmas in the UK, Pere Noel in France, Kriss Kringle in Germany, La Befana in Italy, Julinesse in Denmark, Dedushka Moroz (meaning Grandfather Frost) in Russia and the Three Kings i
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			At Christmas, it is traditional to exchange kisses beneath the mistletoe tree. In ancient Scandinavia, mistletoe was associated with peace and friendship. That may account for the custom of "kissing beneath the mistletoe".
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