Christmas Facts

    Random Christmas Facts

    There are 44 Christmas Facts!

    In the Ukraine, if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas morning, it is believed to be a harbinger of good luck! There once lived a woman so poor, says a Ukrainian folk tale, that she could not afford Christmas decorations for her family. One Ch
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    Boxing Day Origin
    Boxing Day Origin
    Boxing Day is named so because it was the day that "Christmas boxes" were given to the more needy.
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    Sidney Myer Gave's Charity
    Sidney Myer Gave's Charity
    During the 1930’s depression, Australian businessman Sidney Myer provided Christmas dinner for 10,000 unemployed people, including a gift for every child.
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    Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping, many people get very drunk!
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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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    The abbreviation Xmas isn't irreligious. The letter X is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.
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    Gold-wrapped chocolate coins commemorate St Nicholas who gave bags of gold coins to the poor.
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    Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented for a US firm's Christmas promotion in 1938.
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