Christmas Facts

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    The abbreviation Xmas isn't irreligious. The letter X is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.
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    The word Christmas comes from Cristes maesse, or "Christ's Mass." There is no set date for his birth in scripture and it wasn't celebrated on any particular day. However Christmas was first celebrated on the 25th of December in Rome in 336AD with an aim t
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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    The Queen's Christmas speech was first televised in 1957.
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    English Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas between 1647 and 1660 because he believed such celebrations were immoral for the holiest day of the year.
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    The first Christmas card was designed in 1843 by J.C. Horsley.
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    Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented for a US firm's Christmas promotion in 1938.
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