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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The 26th of December is traditionally known as St Stephen's Day, but is more commonly known as Boxing Day. The reason it was called this is either alms boxes in church were opened and the money distributed to the poor, or alternatively it was named from t
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The abbreviation Xmas isn't irreligious. The letter X is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.
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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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'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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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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