Just Hear Those Sleigh Bells...
What’s that you say? You want random facts about Christmas? Coming right up! Bust out some hot chocolate, put on The Little Drummer Boy and enjoy!
Did you know...
Each year more than 3 billion Christmas cards are sent in the U.S. Alone? Can you imagine the amout of money that is spent on postage alone? I was going to do that math then I let that thought go...
Studies on Facebook posts show that two weeks before Christmas is one of the most popular times for couples to break up. Sounds like people just didn't want to spend the money on Christmas gifts.
Most of Santa's reindeer have male names but reindeer typically shed their antlers around Christmas, so the reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh are most likely not male, but female...or castrated males.
In 350 A.D., Pope Julius I, made December 25 the official celebration date for the birth of Jesus.
If you have any plans of opening a Christmas tree farm you better get started because they usually have to grow for 15 years before they are sold.
Santa Claus is based on a real person, St. Nikolas of Myra. He was said to have lived during the fourth century. Santa was born in modern-day Turkey, and he is the world’s most popular non-Biblical saint.
President Teddy Roosevelt, an environmentalist, banned Christmas trees from the White House in 1901. As we've seen over the years this ban has been lifted.
It is estimated that the song “White Christmas” by Irving Berlin is the best selling single of all time, with over 100 million sales worldwide.
During Christmas, approximately 28 sets of LEGO are sold every second. Which has to be true because my nephew got at least 28 sets alone last year for Christmas.
The first artificial Christmas Tree was created out of goose feathers that were dyed and didn't look that the artificial trees most of us have in our homes today.
When you see Xmas that derives from the Greek “X” which is a symbol for Christ.
Riga, Latvia was home to the first decorated Christmas tree. The year was 1510. I thought years ago that I read that when the put it up in the town square they burnt it but I couldn't find that information.
The Candy Cane dates back to 1600s in Europe but didn’t appear in the U.S. until the 1800s. The cane we see today is in the shape of a shepherd's hook to lead his lambs and the color and stripes signify purity and Christ’s sacrifice. That became popular in the 1900s. It took 300 years to perfect the minty treat.
The story of the Christmas stoking goes like this... when three unmarried girls did their laundry and hung their stockings on the chimney to dry. They couldn’t marry because they had no dowry. But St. Nicholas, who knew of their plight, put a sack of gold in each stocking and in the morning the girls awoke to discover they had dowry’s. They could now land a husband.
Most of the Denny’s restaurants were built without locks where they were opened 24/7, 365...but this became an issue when they decided to close down for Christmas day.
In the past, telling scary ghost stories was a popular tradition on Christmas Eve but has fizzled out over the last century.
Originally Santa was depicted wearing the colors blue, white and green. It wasn't until the 1930s for a Coca Cola add that we saw him in his jolly red suit.
With all of this new knowledge I have provided you with what are you going to do? That's right...you're going to share it with your family and friends. You can do this while you're walking around central park looking at all the beautiful light displays, including the awesome dinosaurs.
You can talk about it during the commercials while watching National Lampoons Christmas Vacation...you can share this decorating the tree and you can laugh over these facts while being together.
To keep with the same fill as the last time we did Christmas facts I’m also going to go with the same quote From Burton Hillis; “The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.”
Remember you are loved. Until next time Life, taxes and...
Josh
