Christmas Facts

    Random Christmas Facts

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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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    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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    The first Christmas card was designed in 1843 by J.C. Horsley.
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    Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented for a US firm's Christmas promotion in 1938.
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    The first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.
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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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