Christmas Facts

    Random Christmas Facts

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    7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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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 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 postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.
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    Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
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    Sidney Myer Gave's Charity
    Sidney Myer Gave's Charity
    During the 1930’s depression, Australian businessman Sidney Myer provided Christmas dinner for 10,000 unemployed people, including a gift for every child.
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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    The twelve days of Christmas are the days between Christmas Day and Epiphany (6th of January) and represent the length of time it took for the wise men from the East to visit the manger of Jesus after his birth.
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