Christmas Facts

    Random 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 world's tallest Xmas tree at 221ft high was erected in a Washington shopping mall in 1950.
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    Robins on cards were a joke 150 years ago when postmen wore red tunics and were named after them.
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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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    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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    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 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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    US scientists calculated that Santa would have to visit 822 homes a second to deliver all the world's presents on Christmas Eve, travelling at 650 miles a second.
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