Christmas Facts

    Random Christmas Facts

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    Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    Popular belief holds that 3 wise men visited Bethlehem from the east bearing gifts. However there is no mention in the bible about the number of wise men who visited. Three gifts were brought - gold, frankincense and myrrh, but names commonly attributed t
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    Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
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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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    In the Ukraine, if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas morning, it is believed to be a harbinger of good luck! There once lived a woman so poor, says a Ukrainian folk tale, that she could not afford Christmas decorations for her family. One Ch
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    Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.
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