Christmas Facts

    Random Christmas Facts

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    Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
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    The poinsettia is a traditional Christmas flower. In Mexico (its original birthplace), the poinsettia is known as the "Flower of the Holy Night".
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    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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    Carols began as an old English custom called wassailing, toasting neighbours to a long life.
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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    The definition of a white Christmas in the UK is for a single snow flake (perhaps amongst a shower of mixed rain and snow) to be observed falling in the 24 hours of December 25th.
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    The first Christmas card was designed in 1843 by J.C. Horsley.
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