Christmas Facts

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    Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
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    The poinsettia is a traditional Christmas flower. In Mexico (its original birthplace), the poinsettia is known as the "Flower of the Holy Night".
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    Carols began as an old English custom called wassailing, toasting neighbours to a long life.
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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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    The first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.
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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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