One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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The Queen's Christmas speech was first televised in 1957.
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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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Christmas trees become popular in the UK from 1841 when Prince Albert erected a tree in Windsor Castle following a German tradition. Fir trees have been decorated at Christmas time in Germany since the 8th century.
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US scientists calculated that Santa would have to visit 822 homes a second to deliver all the world's presents on Christmas Eve, travelling at 650 miles a second.
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Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.
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In Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine of a goat. It is usually made of straw. Scandinavian Christmas festivities feature a variety of straw decorations in the form of stars, angels, hearts and other shapes, as well as t
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