With today being the most wonderful day of the year, we thought we would give you a few facts that you might not have been aware of about the wonderful Christmas Day.
1. Christmas Cards
Every year, 6.5 billion Christmas cards are sent worldwide. There’s a lot of love in the world!
2. The Birthday of Christ.
Pope Julius I, bishop of Rome, officially declared December 25 the birthday of Christ in 350AD.
3. Christmas Breakups
According to data analyzed on Facebook, two weeks before Christmas is the most popular time for couples to breakup! However, luckily, Christmas Day is the least likely day for couples to breakup.
4. The Christmas Tree
Germans had Christmas Trees from the 1830’s. The first Christmas tree in the UK was placed in Windsor Castle in 1841 by Queen Victoria’s husband Albert.
5. The Elves
For years, many believed that Christmas was haunted by spirits both good and bad. They eventually evolved into Santa’s Elves.
6. The White House
Teddy Roosevelt banned Christmas trees from the White House in 1912 as he believed it was damaging to the envoirnment.
7. Christmas Decorations
The earliest known Christmas decorations for trees were apples! The tradition originated from Paradise Plays which depicted Adam and Eve’s fall from grace.
8. Little Women’s Christmas
An Irish tradition which occurred on January 6th when women left their housework behind and went out together to have some fun! This has turned into Little Christmas.
9. Jingle Bells
The famous Christmas song was actually written for Thanksgiving and not for the Christmas festivities.
10. Christmas Crackers
Crackers were actually invented in 1846 by Tom Smith and came from the French tradition of wrapping sugared almonds in twists of paper as gifts.
11. Roast Turkey
Turkey didn’t make an appearance on the Christmas table until about 1851. Before that, people used to eat swan!
12. X doesn’t take the Christ out of Christmas
X comes from the Greek translation of Christ, Χριστός and the X has historically been used to symbolize Christ!
That’s all the learning for today, you are dismissed.
