Christmas Facts

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    Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
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    Santa Claus Mailing Address
    Santa Claus Mailing Address
    Each year, Canada Post receives a million letters addressed to "Santa Claus, The North Pole, H0H 0H0". They reply to every one.
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    Many theologians estimate that Jesus wasn't born on December 25 but sometime in September between 6BC and 30AD.
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    Carols began as an old English custom called wassailing, toasting neighbours to a long life.
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    The definition of a white Christmas in the UK is for a single snow flake (perhaps amongst a shower of mixed rain and snow) to be observed falling in the 24 hours of December 25th.
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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 sun sets on 24 December at 3.55pm in the UK, and rises the following morning at 8.05am.
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    The first Christmas card was designed in 1843 by J.C. Horsley.
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