artificial Christmas trees that the Germans had were made
of dyed goose feathers.
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The tradition of sending cards on Christmas is
quite popular. In fact, in US alone, over 3
billion Christmas cards are sent every year.
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Santa is addressed by different names around the
world. In Germany, he is called Kriss Kringle while
in Italy he has Le Befana as his name. Also, he is addressed as Pere Noel in France and as Deushka Moroz in Russia.
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As per the calculations of some US scientists,
Santa would need to visit 822 homes per second
in order to deliver presents throughout the world on Christmas Eve. Also, he would have to travel at a speed of 650 miles a second.
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The tradition of hanging stockings on Christmas apparently
comes from the story of 3 sisters. They could
not get married since they were too poor to pay dowry. It was only when Bishop Saint Nicholas of Smyrna (the precursor to Santa Claus) came down their chimney and filled their stockings with gold coins that their life changed for the better.
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The world’s biggest ever snowman was built by