Although now mostly vegetarian, in Victorian times, mince pies were made with beef and spices.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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English Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas between 1647 and 1660 because he believed such celebrations were immoral for the holiest day of the year.
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7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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The first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.
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The first Christmas card was designed in 1843 by J.C. Horsley.
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Gold-wrapped chocolate coins commemorate St Nicholas who gave bags of gold coins to the poor.
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The tradition of putting tangerines in stockings comes from 12th-century French nuns who left socks full of fruit, nuts and tangerines at the houses of the poor.
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