Did you know that all letters addressed to Santa in the United States go to Santa Claus, Indiana?

Did you know that early illustrations of St. Nicholas make him out to be a stern symbol of discipline rather than the jolly, overweight elf that children know today?

Did you know that all letters addressed to Santa in the United States go to Santa Claus, Indiana?

 

 

Did you know that Engineers that designed the Voyager Space Mission planned things out so it would avoid planetary encounters during Thanksgiving and Christmas?

Did you know that there is a village in Peru where people settle the previous year's grudges by fist fighting, they then start the new year off on a clean slate?

Did you know that some zoos accept donated Christmas trees as food for their animals?

Did you know that the song "White Christmas" by Irving Berlin is the best selling single in history with over 100 million copies sold?

Did you know that Paul McCartney earns nearly half a million dollars every year from his Christmas song, which many critics regards as his worst song ever?

Did you know that a large part of Sweden's population watches Donald Duck cartoons every Christmas Eve since 1960?

Did you know that many of the open Denny’s restaurants were built without locks, which was problematic when they decided to close down for Christmas for the first time in 1988?

Did you know that nearly all of the most popular Christmas songs including ‘Winter Wonderland’, ‘Chestnuts roasting…’, and ‘I’m Dreaming of a white Christmas’ were written by Jewish people?

Did you know that in 1918 and for the past 40 years, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia has sent the city of Boston a giant Christmas tree as a thank you for their support after the 1917 Halifax explosion?

Did you know that in 1867, a Boston industrialist heard Charles Dickens read A Christmas Carol and was so moved he closed his factory on Christmas Day and gave every one of his employees a turkey?

Did you know that Between the 16th and 19th centuries was what is known as a "little ice age" where global temperatures were several degrees lower than normal. It is for this reason that many Christmas carols and songs stress a "White Christmas"?

Did you know that Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen is the only record to get the UK Christmas Singles Chart Number One twice, once in 1975 and again in 1991?

Did you know that the Nazi party tried to turn Christmas into a nonreligious holiday celebrating the coming of Hitler, with Saint Nicholas replaced by Odin the “Solstice Man” and swastikas on top of Christmas trees?

Did you know that Japanese people traditionally eat at KFC for Christmas dinner, thanks to a successful marketing campaign 40 years ago?

Did you know that KFC is so popular in Japan that customers must place their Christmas orders 2 months in advance?

Did you know that the people of Oslo, Norway donate the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree every year in gratitude to the people of London for their assistance during WWII?

Did you know that Christmas purchases account for 1/6 of all retail sales in the U.S annually?

 

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