Fun and Interesting Things about Christmas!
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Christmas is an annual Christian holiday held on December 25th celebrating the birth of Jesus.
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Christmas trees are also known as the Yule-tree.
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Christmas trees are evergreen trees, usually either a fir tree, pine tree or spruce tree.
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It is believed that decorating Christmas trees originated in 16th century Germany when Christians would bring decorated trees into their homes.
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Some people say the Christmas season officially begins when Santa arrives at the end of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade.
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Did you ever wonder where X-Mas came from? X means Christ in Greek so to shorten the word Christmas we sometimes use X-Mas.
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In 1836 Alabama became the first state in the US to declare Christmas a legal holiday.
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Oklahoma became the last state to declare Christmas a legal holiday in 1907.
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In June of 1870 Christmas became a federal holiday in the US.
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Christmas trees were first decorated with foods such as apples, nuts and dates.
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In the 18th century Christmas trees began being decorated with candles.
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Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in 1895.
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Did you know that giving presents were once banned by the Catholic Church. It was believed that gift giving was connected to paganism.
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If you received all the gifts from the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” you would have 364 presents.
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Do you know why we say the Twelve Days of Christmas? It is believed that it took the 3 kings 12 days to find baby Jesus.
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The song Jingle Bells was written by James Pierpont in 1857. It was originally called “One Horse Open Sleigh” and was made for Thanksgiving.
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Many years ago in England a traditional Christmas dinner included a pig head served with mustard.
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The tradition of naughty children getting a lump of coal in their stocking comes from Italy.
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Did you know that tinsel was once made of real silver! It was invented in Germany in 1610.
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There are two islands named Christmas. Christmas Island (formerly Kiritimati) in the Pacific Ocean and Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.
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The tallest Christmas tree ever displayed was in Seattle Washington in 1950. The Christmas tree was 221 feet tall!
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It is said that candy canes were invented by a candy maker in Indiana. He wanted to use them to spread the name Jesus around the world.
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Santa Claus is also known as St. Nicholas, Father Christmas, Grandfather Frost and Kris Kringle.
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Santa is believed to bring gifts to good girls and boys on the night before Christmas (December 24th).
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There are 3 towns in the Us that are named Santa Claus. One in Georgia, one in Arizona and one in Indiana.
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Santa Claus 8 eight reindeer are named: Comet, Cupid, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Donder Blitzen.
reference: http://www.kidsplayandcreate.com/fun-interesting-christmas-facts-for-kids/
7th Jan 2019
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