Christmas Facts

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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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    The "Urn of Fate" is part of the Christmas celebrations in many Italian households. The Urn of Fate is brought out on Christmas Eve. It holds a wrapped present for everyone. The mother tries her luck first, then the others in turn. If you get a present wi
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    Louis Prang, a Bavarian-born lithographer who came to the USA from Germany in the 19th century, popularized the sending of printed Christmas cards. He invented a way of reproducing color oil paintings
    , the "chromolithograph technique", and created a car
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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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    The world's tallest Xmas tree at 221ft high was erected in a Washington shopping mall in 1950.
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    Boxing Day Origin
    Boxing Day Origin
    Boxing Day is named so because it was the day that "Christmas boxes" were given to the more needy.
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    The abbreviation Xmas isn't irreligious. The letter X is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.
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    Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
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