The sun sets on 24 December at 3.55pm in the UK, and rises the following morning at 8.05am.
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7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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Many theologians estimate that Jesus wasn't born on December 25 but sometime in September between 6BC and 30AD.
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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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Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
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The abbreviation Xmas isn't irreligious. The letter X is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.
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The Queen's Christmas speech was first televised in 1957.
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Santa Claus has many different names around the world including Father Christmas in the UK, Pere Noel in France, Kriss Kringle in Germany, La Befana in Italy, Julinesse in Denmark, Dedushka Moroz (meaning Grandfather Frost) in Russia and the Three Kings i
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