Christmas Facts

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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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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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    7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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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 twelve days of Christmas are the days between Christmas Day and Epiphany (6th of January) and represent the length of time it took for the wise men from the East to visit the manger of Jesus after his birth.
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    The first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.
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    Robins on cards were a joke 150 years ago when postmen wore red tunics and were named after them.
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