Gold-wrapped chocolate coins commemorate St Nicholas who gave bags of gold coins to the poor.
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Popular belief holds that 3 wise men visited Bethlehem from the east bearing gifts. However there is no mention in the bible about the number of wise men who visited. Three gifts were brought - gold, frankincense and myrrh, but names commonly attributed t
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Carols began as an old English custom called wassailing, toasting neighbours to a long life.
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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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Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.
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The first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.
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7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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