Christmas Facts

    Random Christmas Facts

    There are 44 Christmas Facts!

    The Queen's Christmas speech was first televised in 1957.
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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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    Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented for a US firm's Christmas promotion in 1938.
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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    The abbreviation Xmas isn't irreligious. The letter X is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.
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    Boxing Day Origin
    Boxing Day Origin
    Boxing Day is named so because it was the day that "Christmas boxes" were given to the more needy.
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    The first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.
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