Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
251
In 1999, residents of the state of Maine in America built the world's biggest ever snowman. He stood at 113ft tall.
103
Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping, many people get very drunk!
10
7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
100
The world's tallest Xmas tree at 221ft high was erected in a Washington shopping mall in 1950.
82
One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
122
At Christmas, it is traditional to exchange kisses beneath the mistletoe tree. In ancient Scandinavia, mistletoe was associated with peace and friendship. That may account for the custom of "kissing beneath the mistletoe".
27
The Queen's Christmas speech was first televised in 1957.
18