Christmas Facts

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    Carols began as an old English custom called wassailing, toasting neighbours to a long life.
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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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    'Klaxon' is a name that does not belong to one of Santa's reindeer. A klaxon is actually a powerful electric horn. Its name comes from a German word meaning "shriek".
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    Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented for a US firm's Christmas promotion in 1938.
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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.
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