Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping, many people get very drunk!
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Gold-wrapped chocolate coins commemorate St Nicholas who gave bags of gold coins to the poor.
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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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Louis Prang, a Bavarian-born lithographer who came to the USA from Germany in the 19th century, popularized the sending of printed Christmas cards. He invented a way of reproducing color oil paintings
, the "chromolithograph technique", and created a car
, the "chromolithograph technique", and created a car
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Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
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At Christmas, it is traditional to exchange kisses beneath the mistletoe tree. In ancient Scandinavia, mistletoe was associated with peace and friendship. That may account for the custom of "kissing beneath the mistletoe".
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The first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.
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Although now mostly vegetarian, in Victorian times, mince pies were made with beef and spices.
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