7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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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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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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Although now mostly vegetarian, in Victorian times, mince pies were made with beef and spices.
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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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Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping, many people get very drunk!
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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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