Christmas Facts

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    The abbreviation Xmas isn't irreligious. The letter X is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.
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    The first Christmas card was designed in 1843 by J.C. Horsley.
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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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    7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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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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    Many theologians estimate that Jesus wasn't born on December 25 but sometime in September between 6BC and 30AD.
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    The tradition of putting tangerines in stockings comes from 12th-century French nuns who left socks full of fruit, nuts and tangerines at the houses of the poor.
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