Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.
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7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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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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Although now mostly vegetarian, in Victorian times, mince pies were made with beef and spices.
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In many households, part of the fun of eating Christmas pudding is finding a trinket that predicts your fortune for the coming year. For instance, finding a coin means you will become wealthy. A ring means you will get married; while a button predicts bac
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Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
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Many theologians estimate that Jesus wasn't born on December 25 but sometime in September between 6BC and 30AD.
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In 1999, residents of the state of Maine in America built the world's biggest ever snowman. He stood at 113ft tall.
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