Christmas Facts

    Random Christmas Facts

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    7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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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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    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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    The typical image we have of Santa Claus dressed in red clothes with white fur trim, is an amalgamation of cultural input over many years. Some people claim the image of Santa we know today is from Coca-cola advertising, but this simply isn't true. The st
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    In the Ukraine, if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas morning, it is believed to be a harbinger of good luck! There once lived a woman so poor, says a Ukrainian folk tale, that she could not afford Christmas decorations for her family. One Ch
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    Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
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