Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
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The first Christmas card was designed in 1843 by J.C. Horsley.
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Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping, many people get very drunk!
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Popular belief holds that 3 wise men visited Bethlehem from the east bearing gifts. However there is no mention in the bible about the number of wise men who visited. Three gifts were brought - gold, frankincense and myrrh, but names commonly attributed t
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The Queen's Christmas speech was first televised in 1957.
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Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.
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Although now mostly vegetarian, in Victorian times, mince pies were made with beef and spices.
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