Christmas Facts

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    The Queen's Christmas speech was first televised in 1957.
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    Frumenty was a spiced porridge, enjoyed by both rich and poor. It was a forerunner of modern Christmas puddings. It is linked in legend to the Celtic god Dagda, who stirred a porridge made up of all the good things of the earth.
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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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    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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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    'Klaxon' is a name that does not belong to one of Santa's reindeer. A klaxon is actually a powerful electric horn. Its name comes from a German word meaning "shriek".
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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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