Christmas Facts

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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
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    The Queen's Christmas speech was first televised in 1957.
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    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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    Frumenty was a spiced porridge, enjoyed by both rich and poor. It was a forerunner of modern Christmas puddings. It is linked in legend to the Celtic god Dagda, who stirred a porridge made up of all the good things of the earth.
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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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    Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented for a US firm's Christmas promotion in 1938.
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