Christmas Facts

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    7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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    Robins on cards were a joke 150 years ago when postmen wore red tunics and were named after them.
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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 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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    Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.
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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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    The typical image we have of Santa Claus dressed in red clothes with white fur trim, is an amalgamation of cultural input over many years. Some people claim the image of Santa we know today is from Coca-cola advertising, but this simply isn't true. The st
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