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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7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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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 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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Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
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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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The world's tallest Xmas tree at 221ft high was erected in a Washington shopping mall in 1950.
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