27 Fasts About Christmas

1. Christmas was illegal in the U.S. until 1836 as it was considered an Ancient Pagan Holiday.

2. Every Christmas, 1 million letters are addressed to Santa Claus
   at his own postal code:
   "H0H 0H0, North Pole, Canada."

3. The weeks before Christmas is the most popular time for couples to break up, according to data analyzed from Facebook.

4. During the Christmas season, almost 28 LEGO sets are sold every second.

1. In Catalonia (Spain), a smiley-faced piece of wood called "Shitting Log" poops out the presents in Christmas.

1. 1 in 3 Jews in the U.S. put up a Christmas tree in their home during the holiday season, a survey found.

2. In some European countries, children are given gifts on December 6 rather than in Christmas Day.

3. About 200 Christmas trees catch fire every year in the U.S.

1. In Japan, KFC is a typical feast of Christmas Eve.

1. New Zealand bans all advertising on TV on Christmas, Easter, Good Friday and ANZAC Day.

2. British people say "Happy Christmas" because in the 19th century the word "merry" also meant "intoxicated" so they wanted to separate it from public insobriety.

3. The first plastic Christmas trees were produced by a toilet brush manufacturer. They used the same bristles, they just dyed them green.

4. Christmas ham, originally a pagan tradition, was endorsed by the Catholic Church as a test of truthful conversion from Judaism.

5. The writers of “The Christmas Song”, “White Christmas”, and “I'll Be Home For Christmas” were Jewish.

6. To visit every child in the world, Santa Claus would need to travel at 3,000 times the speed of sound.

1. Three Wise Men? Despite the tale of three wise men paying homage to baby Jesus, the Bible never gives a number. Matthew's Gospel refers to merely "wise men".

2. Carols weren't sung in churches until they were introduced by St Francis of Assisi in the 13th century.

3. Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe

4. Tallest Tree: The world's tallest Xmas tree at 221ft high was erected in a Washington shopping mall in 1950.

5. World's Biggest Snowman: In 1999, residents of the state of Maine in America built the world's biggest ever snowman. He stood at 113ft tall.

6. The holly in a wreath symbolises Christ's crown of thorns while the red berries are drops of his blood.

7. Christmas Cards: The first commercial Christmas cards were commissioned by civil servant Sir Henry Cole in London in 1843. Featuring a family drinking wine, one sold for #8,469 last year.

8. The Many Names of Santa:
   Santa has different names around the world - Kriss Kringle in Germany, Le Befana in Italy, Pere Noel in France and Deushka Moroz (Grandfather Frost) in Russia.

9. Boxing Day gets its name from all the money collected in church alms-boxes for the poor.

10. Mistletoe Kisses: Kissing under the mistletoe is thought to spring from Frigga, the Norse goddess of love, who was associated with the plant.

1. Rudolph the Reindeer
   Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented for a US firm's Christmas promotion in 1938.

1. Christmas Bonus Law
   In Greece, Italy, Spain and Germany, workers get a Christmas bonus of one month's salary by law.

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