- The traditional three colours of Christmas are green, red, and gold. Green has long been a symbol of life and rebirth; red symbolizes the blood of Christ, and gold represents light as well as wealth and royalty.
- Telling “scary ghost stories” is an old Christmas Eve tradition that has died out in the past century
- All letters addressed to Santa in the United States go to Santa Claus, Indiana.
- Christmas trees usually grow for about 15 years before they are sold.
- It is estimated that the single “White Christmas” by Irving Berlin is the best selling single of all time, with over 100 million sales worldwide.
- The first printed reference to a Christmas tree was in 1531 in Germany
- Approximately 30-35 million real (living) Christmas trees are sold each year in the U.S.
- The earliest known Christmas tree decorations were apples.
- Christmas purchases account for 1/6 of all retail sales in the U.S.
- If you received all the gifts from the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” you would have 364 presents.
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