12 VERY INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT CHRISTMAS

Don't you just love hearing what people believe in, 

what they do and how certain key things came into 

being ?

Well I'm gonna  take you through 12  very interesting 

facts about Christmas World wide. 

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In Ghana clowns aka 'kolikoliko aemas' come around to scare kids and get paid in the process?

2. The Germans made the first ever artificial Christmas trees out of dyed goose feathers

3.  Each year more than 3 billion Christmas cards are sent in the United States alone

4. The “true love” mentioned in the song “Twelve Days of Christmas” does not refer to a romantic couple. 
No, but it's  the Catholic Church’s code for God. The person who receives the gifts represents someone who has accepted that God. An example, the “partridge in a pear tree” represents Christ. The “two turtledoves” represent the Old and New    Testaments

5. According to the Guinness world records, the tallest Christmas tree ever cut was a 221-foot Douglas fir that was displayed in 1950 at the Northgate Shopping Center in Seattle, Washington

6. According to data analyzed from Facebook posts, two weeks before Christmas is one of the two most popular times for  breaks up. However, Christmas Day is the least favorite day for breakups.

7.In Many European countries, it is  believed that spirits, both good and evil, were active during the Twelve Days of Christmas. These spirits eventually evolved into Santa’s elves, especially under the influence of Clement C. Moore’s The Night Before Christmas.

8.The British wear paper crowns to eat at dinner. These crowns are stored in a tube called a “Christmas cracker".

9.In Poland, spiders or spider webs are common Christmas trees decorations because according to legend, a spider wove a blanket for Baby Jesus. In fact, Polish people consider spiders to be symbols of goodness and prosperity at Christmas

10. Ancient people considered mistletoes  sacred because it remained green and bore fruits during the winter when all other plants would  appear  dead. They would cut the plant with golden sickles and never let it touch the ground. They believed  it had the power to cure infertility and nervous diseases and to ward off evil.

11. The first printed reference to a Christmas tree was in 1531 in Germany

12. The first known Christmas tree decoration was apple. During Christmas, medieval actors would use apples to decorate paradise trees during “Paradise Plays,” these plays depicted Adam and Eve’s creation and fall.




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Story By : Nancy Green