Christmas Facts

    Random Christmas Facts

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    The sun sets on 24 December at 3.55pm in the UK, and rises the following morning at 8.05am.
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    Gold-wrapped chocolate coins commemorate St Nicholas who gave bags of gold coins to the poor.
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    Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
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    The tradition of putting tangerines in stockings comes from 12th-century French nuns who left socks full of fruit, nuts and tangerines at the houses of 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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    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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    The Christmas tree displayed in Trafalgar square in London is an annual gift to the UK from Norway since 1947. The Norwegian spruce given is a token of appreciation of British friendship during World War II from the Norwegian people.
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