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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			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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			7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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			Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
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			The Queen's Christmas speech was first televised in 1957.
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			The first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.
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			The Christmas tree displayed in Trafalgar square in London is an annual gift to the UK from Norway since 1947. The Norwegian spruce given is a token of appreciation of British friendship during World War II from the Norwegian people.
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