Christmas Trivia
Some interesting and little known Christmas facts:
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- The first US state to declare Christmas Day a holiday was Alabama in 1836
- The last US state to declare Christmas Day a holiday was Oklahoma in 1907
- Reindeer antlers grow by up to an inch a day
- President Pierce was the first to introduce a Christmas tree to the White House
- President Roosevelt banned Christmas trees from the White House due to concenrs over damage to the forests
- A traditional Ukranian Christmas feast consists of twelve courses
- Christmas tinsel decorations used to be made from lead or silver but these were banned due to the health risks
- According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, around 1,000 people in Britain every year end up in
hospital with Christmas tree related injuries
- Before the 4th century Christmas Day was not fixed on December 25th but - like Easter - was a moveable feast
- The movie It's A Wonderful Life made a loss during its original 1946 run
- The movie White Christmas was the top grossing film of 1954
- Dickens' character Tiny Tim was originally to have been called Little Larry, Puny Pete or Small Sam
- Puritan England banned celebrating Christmas for 13 years between 1647 and 1660
- Puritan Boston banned celebrating Christmas for 22 years between 1659 and 1681
- The first commemorative Christmas stamps were issued by Austria in 1937
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