Christmas Facts

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    The first Christmas card was designed in 1843 by J.C. Horsley.
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    7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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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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    Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.
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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 tradition of putting tangerines in stockings comes from 12th-century French nuns who left socks full of fruit, nuts and tangerines at the houses of the poor.
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    In 1999, residents of the state of Maine in America built the world's biggest ever snowman. He stood at 113ft tall.
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