Christmas Facts

    Random Christmas Facts

    There are 44 Christmas Facts!

    The Queen's Christmas speech was first televised in 1957.
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    Gold-wrapped chocolate coins commemorate St Nicholas who gave bags of gold coins to the poor.
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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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    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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    Carols began as an old English custom called wassailing, toasting neighbours to a long life.
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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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    Although now mostly vegetarian, in Victorian times, mince pies were made with beef and spices.
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    Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented for a US firm's Christmas promotion in 1938.
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