Christmas Facts

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    Carols began as an old English custom called wassailing, toasting neighbours to a long life.
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    The Queen's Christmas speech was first televised in 1957.
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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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    The world's tallest Xmas tree at 221ft high was erected in a Washington shopping mall in 1950.
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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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    Gold-wrapped chocolate coins commemorate St Nicholas who gave bags of gold coins to the poor.
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