Jingle All The Way! Dive Into Festive Cheers With This Feast Of Fun Facts About Christmas
Enter the enchanted realm of Christmas wonder as we reveal a festive treasure trove of fascinating information that will make your holidays more memorable.?Learn the strange origins of the cherished customs and well-known Christmas imagery that contribute to the uniqueness of this time of year.?
Regardless of your level of experience with the holidays or just your casual interest, these fascinating facts will make your holiday trivia night a fun event.?
Now, let the fun and learning begin!?
Merry And Bright: Interesting Christmas Facts
Christmas is more than just making cookies, wrapping presents, doing crafts with the kids, and hanging together with loved ones over large Christmas brunches or feasts.
It's a celebration of customs that the majority of people who observe pleasant events annually engage in without knowing much about them.?
Not only is the holiday season religiously significant, but some of your favourite aspects of it have a fairly amazing history that you won't believe.?
Discover new insights into everything from tree trimming and decorating to evergreen wreaths and eggnog with our compilation of the most fascinating and unusual Christmas facts.
Whether you're looking to enlighten yourself further or just want an advantage to ensure you win the annual?Christmas?trivia competition with the family, you'll love it.?
1. When Is Christmas Celebrated?
Although Christmas commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, history has forgotten the precise date of the momentous occasion.?
The Bible makes no mention of December 25, and many historians believe?Jesus?was born in the spring.?
According to some historians, the date was initially selected because it fell on Saturnalia, a pagan holiday celebrated with gifts and celebrations in honour of the agricultural deity Saturn.?
2.?The Origins Of Gifts Are Both Christian And Pagan
Like so many other customs, the custom of giving gifts at Christmas to resemble the gifts the Three Wise Men brought the newborn Jesus may have been instilled in Christians throughout their formative years.?
Still, it also has its origins in Saturnalia.?
Originally, the pagan gods also received offerings from them.
3.?In Shaping Santa's Image, Coca-Cola Played A Significant Role
Before Coca-Cola decided to utilise his likeness in advertising, Santa appeared more eerie than cheerful.?
Then, in 1931, the beverage firm employed Haddon Sundblom, an illustrator, to create images of the cheerful elderly guy for magazine advertisements.?
Instead of having nightmares about Santa, youngsters now have visions of sugarplums.
4.?It All Started By Accident With Hanging Stockings
According to legend, we carefully hang stockings by the fireplace because one year, a poor widower struggled to provide enough money for his three daughters' dowries, which prevented them from being married.?
One night, the girls hung their clean stockings by the fire to dry, and the generous old St. Nick tossed a sack of riches down their chimney.?
That's when the custom persisted!?
5.?There Was No Truth To Rudolph's Story
When the Montgomery Ward department company asked one of its copywriters to produce a Christmas story for young readers that the store could use as marketing, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer first made an appearance in 1939.?
2.4 million copies were distributed in the first year alone, and Gene Autry recorded the song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed?Reindeer" towards the end of 1949.?
In 1964, the endearing film that starred Herbie the Elf and the Island of Misfit Toys made its debut on television and in our hearts.
6.?Numerous Names Have Been Given To The Eight Tiny Reindeer
Rudolph's crew had many other names, and he was almost named Rollo or Reginald. Flossie, Glossie, Racer, Pacer, Scratcher, Feckless, Ready, Steady, and Fireball were some of their earlier names.
7.?The Song "Jingle Bells" Was Originally Written For Thanksgiving
As it happened, we started running through the snow for a completely unrelated occasion.?
The mid-19th-century ballad "One Horse Open Sleigh" was written by James Lord Pierpont for his church's Thanksgiving event.?
The song was then re-released in 1857 under the well-known and beloved title, and it remains one of the most well-liked Christmas songs to this day.
8.?In The Past, It Was Illegal To Celebrate Christmas
Anyone found partying in the colonies between 1659 and 1681 risked a fine.?
The Massachusetts Bay Colony established the Penalty for Keeping Christmas.?
Festivals "such as were superstitiously kept in other countries" were considered to be "a great dishonour of God and offence to others."?
Five shillings were the punishment for breaching the law.?
The day had become so meaningless during the Revolutionary War that Congress convened for the first time on December 25, 1789.?
The Grinch's sentiment toward Christmas was prevalent long before he was, as evidenced by the fact that it wasn't even declared a federal?holiday?for nearly another century.
9.?Almost 15,000 People Go To The ER Due To Christmas Decorating
This statistic probably doesn't surprise you if you've ever seen Clark Griswold decorate his home on Christmas vacation.
According to a past report by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, holiday-related decorating incidents result in thousands of hospital emergency room visits in the months near Christmas.? ?
The most frequent mishaps include back strains, cuts, and falls.
10.?There Is A Postal Code For Santa In Canada
Letters to?Santa Claus?pour into post offices worldwide each year.?
Some kind-hearted Canadian post office employees began responding, solidifying their reputation as some of the kindest individuals ever.?
As the project gained traction, they created a unique postal code for Santa, HOH OHO, as part of the Santa Letter-Writing Programme.
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