Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.
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The abbreviation Xmas isn't irreligious. The letter X is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.
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Gold-wrapped chocolate coins commemorate St Nicholas who gave bags of gold coins to the poor.
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7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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In 1999, residents of the state of Maine in America built the world's biggest ever snowman. He stood at 113ft tall.
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Robins on cards were a joke 150 years ago when postmen wore red tunics and were named after them.
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The world's tallest Xmas tree at 221ft high was erected in a Washington shopping mall in 1950.
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