Christmas Facts

    Random Christmas Facts

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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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    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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    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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    Christmas trees become popular in the UK from 1841 when Prince Albert erected a tree in Windsor Castle following a German tradition. Fir trees have been decorated at Christmas time in Germany since the 8th century.
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    Carols began as an old English custom called wassailing, toasting neighbours to a long life.
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    The Queen's Christmas speech was first televised in 1957.
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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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    The twelve days of Christmas are the days between Christmas Day and Epiphany (6th of January) and represent the length of time it took for the wise men from the East to visit the manger of Jesus after his birth.
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