Christmas Facts

    Random Christmas Facts

    There are 44 Christmas Facts!

    The first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.
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    Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping, many people get very drunk!
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    Louis Prang, a Bavarian-born lithographer who came to the USA from Germany in the 19th century, popularized the sending of printed Christmas cards. He invented a way of reproducing color oil paintings
    , the "chromolithograph technique", and created a car
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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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    Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.
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    The Christmas tree displayed in Trafalgar square in London is an annual gift to the UK from Norway since 1947. The Norwegian spruce given is a token of appreciation of British friendship during World War II from the Norwegian people.
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    The Queen's Christmas speech was first televised in 1957.
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    The abbreviation Xmas isn't irreligious. The letter X is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.
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