· Approximately 25-30 million Real Christmas Trees sold in the U.S. every year
· Did you know that Saint Nicholas is commonly identified with Santa Claus due to his reputation for generosity, secret gift-giving and his kindness to children
· The North Pole is not on a continent, it is located in the Arctic Ocean
· The names of the ‘Three Wise Men’ are not actually mentioned in the Bible? The Magi are known as Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar as these names were detailed in an early 6th century Greek manuscript
· Germany made the first artificial Christmas trees. They were made of goose feathers and dyed green.
· Clearing up a common misconception, in Greek, X means Christ. That is where the word “X-Mas” comes from. Not because someone took the “Christ” out of Christmas
· More diamonds are sold around Christmas than any other time of the year
· In Mexico, wearing red underwear on New Year’s Eve is said to bring new love in the upcoming year
· “It’s a Wonderful Life” appears on TV more often than any other holiday movie.
· From 1659 to 1681, the celebration of Christmas was outlawed in Boston, and law-breakers were fined five shillings
· Rudolph, “the most famous reindeer of all,” was the product of Robert L. May’s imagination in 1939. The copywriter wrote a poem about the reindeer to help lure customers into the Montgomery Ward department store
Hoping you all a wonderful holiday season
~Sara
