- Christmas became a national holiday in America on June, 26, 1870
- An average household in America will mail 28 Christmas cards each year and see 28 eight cards return in their place
- The twelve days of Christmas are the days between Christmas Day and Epiphany [6th of January] and represent the length of time it took for the wise men from the East to visit the manger of Jesus after his birth
- During the Christmas buying season, Visa cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute in the USA
- English Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas between 1647 and 1660 because he believed such celebrations were immoral for the holiest day of the year
- In 2004, the German post office gave away 20 million scented stickers free to make Christmas cards smell like a fir Christmas tree, cinnamon, gingerbread, or a honey-wax candle
- The Christmas tree displayed in Trafalgar square in London is an annual gift to the UK from Norway since 1947. The Norwegian spruce given is a token of appreciation of British friendship during World War II from the Norwegian people
- The twelve days of Christmas are the days between Christmas Day and Epiphany [6th of January] and represent the length of time it took for the wise men from the East to visit the manger of Jesus after his birth
- The first Christmas greeting by SMS was a simple 'Merry Christmas'
No matter your traditions or beliefs,we wish you and your family the safest and happiest of holidays.
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