7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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The word Christmas comes from Cristes maesse, or "Christ's Mass." There is no set date for his birth in scripture and it wasn't celebrated on any particular day. However Christmas was first celebrated on the 25th of December in Rome in 336AD with an aim t
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Carols began as an old English custom called wassailing, toasting neighbours to a long life.
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Although now mostly vegetarian, in Victorian times, mince pies were made with beef and spices.
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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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Gold-wrapped chocolate coins commemorate St Nicholas who gave bags of gold coins to the poor.
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The Queen's Christmas speech was first televised in 1957.
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