US scientists calculated that Santa would have to visit 822 homes a second to deliver all the world's presents on Christmas Eve, travelling at 650 miles a second.
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7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.
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The abbreviation Xmas isn't irreligious. The letter X is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.
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Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
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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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