Christmas Facts

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    Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
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    Popular belief holds that 3 wise men visited Bethlehem from the east bearing gifts. However there is no mention in the bible about the number of wise men who visited. Three gifts were brought - gold, frankincense and myrrh, but names commonly attributed t
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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 first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.
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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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    Although now mostly vegetarian, in Victorian times, mince pies were made with beef and spices.
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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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