10 Facts You Didn't Know About Christmas
Here are 10 Facts You Didn't Know About Christmas
1 . Christmas supposedly marks the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25. But there is no mention of December 25 in the Bible and most historians actually believe he was born in the spring.
2. December 25 was probably chosen because it coincided with the ancient pagan festival Saturnalia, which celebrated the agricultural god Saturn with partying, gambling, and gift-giving.
3. Jingle Bells is an American song that was written about Thanksgiving, not Christmas.
4. Christmas Day has never been very popular in Scotland, where they concentrate on New Year.
Christmas only became a public holiday in Scotland in 1958 and there were still top-flight football matches played on 25th December until 1976.
5. And the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time is How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The Jim Carrey version. Who knew?
6. During the Christmas of 1914 (World War 1), a truce was held between Germany and the UK. They decorated their shelters, exchanged gifts across no man’s land and played a game of football between themselves.
7. The US playing card company ‘Bicycle’ had manufactured a playing card in WW2 s that when the card was soaked, it would reveal an escape route for POWs. These cards were Christmas presents for all POWs in Germany. The Nazis were none the wiser!
8. Japanese people traditionally eat at KFC for Christmas dinner, thanks to a successful marketing campaign 40 years ago. KFC is so popular that customers must place their Christmas orders 2 months in advance
9. Two weeks before Christmas is the most popular time for couples to break up – with Christmas Day the last popular.
10. To visit every child on Christmas Eve, Santa would have to travel at 3000 times the speed of sound, visiting over 800 homes per second!
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