Pope Julius I declared Christ’s birthday as December 25th sometime during the 4th century.
Santa has a calculated 31 hours to thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west.
The abbreviation of Christmas to Xmas partially comes from the Greek letter ‘chi’, the first letter of the word ‘Christos’, meaning ‘Christ’.
The colours in Santa Claus’ suit, red and white, were the creation of artist Haddon Sundblom. Sundblom was commissioned by the Coca-Cola Company to redesign Santa Claus, although, Thomas Nast was the first artist to illustrate Santa Claus.
Christmas carols were banned between 1647 and 1660 in England by Oliver Cromwell who thought that Christmas should be a solemn day.
England has only known 7 white Christmases in the entire 20st century.
It is estimated that approximately 400,000 people become sick each year from eating tainted Christmas leftovers.
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