Christmas Facts

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    Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
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    The sun sets on 24 December at 3.55pm in the UK, and rises the following morning at 8.05am.
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    Although now mostly vegetarian, in Victorian times, mince pies were made with beef and spices.
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    Santa Claus has many different names around the world including Father Christmas in the UK, Pere Noel in France, Kriss Kringle in Germany, La Befana in Italy, Julinesse in Denmark, Dedushka Moroz (meaning Grandfather Frost) in Russia and the Three Kings i
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    7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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    In 1999, residents of the state of Maine in America built the world's biggest ever snowman. He stood at 113ft tall.
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