Christmas Facts

    Random Christmas Facts

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    7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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    Gold-wrapped chocolate coins commemorate St Nicholas who gave bags of gold coins to the poor.
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    In Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine of a goat. It is usually made of straw. Scandinavian Christmas festivities feature a variety of straw decorations in the form of stars, angels, hearts and other shapes, as well as t
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    In many households, part of the fun of eating Christmas pudding is finding a trinket that predicts your fortune for the coming year. For instance, finding a coin means you will become wealthy. A ring means you will get married; while a button predicts bac
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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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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 first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.
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