First of all Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to all our readers. Thanks for being part of us. Below are some interesting facts about Christmas. Like always I hope you enjoy reading this!
- Christmas said to be originated from an old English word meaning “Christ’s mass”.
- In the early-to-mid 4th century, the Western Christian Church first placed Christmas on December 25.
- Christmas Carols began as an old English custom called wassailing, toasting neighbours to a long life.
- Santa Claus is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins.
- The Santa Claus figure is closely related to Saint Nicholas.
- Santa Claus has been believed to make a list of children throughout the world, categorizing them according to their behavior (“naughty” or “nice”) and to deliver presents, including toys, and candy to all of the well-behaved children in the world, and sometimes coal to the naughty children, on the single night of Christmas Eve.
- In letter to Santa it has been found that boys tend to write short letters while Girls tend to write longer more polite letters. It’s common for girls to ask gifts for other people.
- Edward Hibberd Johnson created the first known electrically illuminated Christmas tree at his home in New York City in 1882. He is known as the Father of Electric Christmas Tree Lights.
- Jingle Bells was written by James Lord Pierpont & published under the title “One Horse Open Sleigh” in the autumn of 1857.
- Jingle Bells was actually written and sung for Thanksgiving.
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