Christmas Facts

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    The word Christmas comes from Cristes maesse, or "Christ's Mass." There is no set date for his birth in scripture and it wasn't celebrated on any particular day. However Christmas was first celebrated on the 25th of December in Rome in 336AD with an aim t
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    English Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas between 1647 and 1660 because he believed such celebrations were immoral for the holiest day of the year.
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    Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.
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    The first Christmas card was designed in 1843 by J.C. Horsley.
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    Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
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    Carols began as an old English custom called wassailing, toasting neighbours to a long life.
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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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