Festive Facts

Tags: April Fool's Day, Festive, April, 1977, UK, The Guardian, Newspaper, Joke

Fact Page: On April Fool's Day in 1977, the UK newspaper The Guardian ran a 7 page feature on the discovery of the fictitious island nation of "San Seriffe."
Date Added: 2012-04-01 08:39:24
Fact Category: Funny Fact

Tags: Card, Valentine's Day, Valentine, Romance, Love, Festive, Worldwide, Statistical, Statistic, Interesting

Fact Page: Approximately 141 million Valentine's Day cards are exchanged worldwide every year.
Date Added: 2012-02-14 04:59:01
Fact Category: People Fact

Tags: Kissing, Kiss, Lifetime, Average, People, Love, Romance, Festive, Valentine's Day, Valentine, Interesting, Fascinating, Statistical, Statistic

Fact Page: The average person in their lifetime will spend an estimated 20,160 minutes kissing!
Date Added: 2012-02-14 03:43:41
Fact Category: People Fact

Tags: Valentine's Day, Valentine, Parent, Love, Interesting, Strange, Weird, Festive

Fact Page: Parents receive 1 out of every 5 Valentines.
Date Added: 2012-02-13 20:56:25
Fact Category: Weird Fact

The Christmas Box was often made of clay or wood and was where people placed gifts.

During the age of exploration, a Christmas Box would be placed on a ship for good luck. A priest would often place it there, and crewmen would drop money in it to ensure a safe return. If the ship returned safely, the priest would take the box and distribute the contents to the poor.

Every church in England had an alms box which was where folks placed money for the poor. The box was opened on Dec. 26 and the contents were distributed to the poor of the parish.

The tradition still continues today. Many of us give small tokens to local workers. Kids also collect things in boxes to be given to the local poor.

Tags: Boxing Day, Christmas Box, Christmas, Xmas, Festive, Gift, Poverty, Wealth, Poor

Fact Page: Boxing Day is called boxing day because it was the day the family opened a gift box for the poor.
Date Added: 2011-12-26 05:40:19
Fact Category: Christmas Fact

Tags: Coca Cola, Coke, Drink, Company, Santa, Santa Claus, Christmas, Xmas, Festive

Fact Page: Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
Date Added: 2011-12-24 09:35:23
Fact Category: Christmas Fact

Tags: Thanksgiving, Festive, American, USA, Holiday, Food, Turkey

Fact Page: 91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
Date Added: 2011-11-22 12:16:11
Fact Category: People Fact