Christmas is just round the corner. Just cant resist lsiting some of the fun Christmas facts that you might not know:
Get your Vit C from the Christmas tree!!!!
It turns out that you can actually eat parts of your Christmas tree and that the needles from your tree are a great source of Vitamin C. If you want to tuck into your tree after Christmas then dry out the needles before grinding. You can then use the dried needles as a garnish on soups.
Santas Magic
Obviously we all know that Santa has magical powers, but researchers have calculated just how magical Father Christmas really is. The researchers found that in order to deliver all of his presents on Christmas Eve Santa would need to travel at 650 miles per second and visit 822 homes a second ....lol.......
Most expensive Christmas tree
You think Christmas ornaments are getting expensive????? Well, hopefully hearing this shocking Christmas fact will help you feel a little better about your Christmas spending splurge. One man, Yves Piaget, spent a whopping £10.4 million on decorating his Christmas tree. The tree was lavishly decorated with 83 pieces of jewellery in Tokyo. Hmmm..... Wonder what Warren Buffet put on his tree????...lol...
Christmas Break-ups
You would think that Christmas is one of the best times of the year. Mistletoe, open fires and endless parties, gifts swapping, yet by looking at Facebook posts researchers has discovered that lots of couples break up two weeks before Christmas. In fact this period is the second most common time of the year for couples to split!!!! Shocking!!!!
The world’s largest Christmas present was the Statue of Liberty.
ReplyDeleteThe French gave it to the US in 1886.
It is 46.5 meters high and weights 225 tons!
Interesting list Rose,
ReplyDeleteIn Greek, X means Christ; that is where the word “Xmas” comes from!
Silent Night" was written when a choir's organ broke down!!!
ReplyDeleteRose this is FUN!!!
ReplyDeleteOK this is my contribution:
All the gifts in the Twelve Days of Christmas would equal 364 gifts
Rose Love your list!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy contribution:
In 1843, "A Christmas Carol" was written by Charles Dickens in just six weeks!!!!!
The “true love” mentioned in the song “Twelve Days of Christmas” does not refer to a romantic couple, but the Catholic Church’s code for God.
ReplyDeleteThe person who receives the gifts represents someone who has accepted that code.
For example, the “partridge in a pear tree” represents Christ.
The “two turtledoves” represent the Old and New Testaments.
The Nutcracker" is the most famous Christmas ballet!!!
ReplyDeleteThe song "Jingle Bells" was originally written for Thanksgiving in the year 1857!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe first Christmas card sent was in 1843. An Englishman named Henry Cole hired an artist to draw a picture of a family sitting around a dinner table. On the card, he wrote, “A merry Christmas and a happy New Year.”
ReplyDeleteNow... abt Four billion Christmas cards are sent every year
WOW!!!!! tis is fabulous!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for your contribution!!!!!
The word Christmas is a combination of two words, Christ and mass!
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Chance upon your blog, enjoy this particular post very much, too bad I've got nothing interesting to offer. Maybe someone can tell why presents are given during Christmas?
ReplyDeleteThis custom of giving and receiving presents at Christmas, is to remind us of the presents given to Jesus by the Wise Men: Frankincense, Gold and Myrrh!
DeleteFrankincense was a perfume used in Jewish worship and, as a gift, it showed that people would worship Jesus.
DeleteGold was associated with Kings and Christians believe that Jesus is the King of Kings.
Myrrh was a perfume that was put on dead bodies to make them smell nice and, as a gift, it showed that Jesus would suffer and die
Over the years, many superstitions have surrounded Christmas Puddings. One superstition says that the pudding should be made with 13 ingredients to represent Jesus and His Disciples and that every member of the family should take turns to stir the pudding with a wooden spoon from east to west, in honour of the Wise Men.
ReplyDeleteAwesome list, my contribution: Christmas Bells-In Victorian times, it was very fashionable to go carol singing with small handbells to play the tune of the carol. Sometimes there would only be the bells and no singing! Handbell ringing is still popular today
ReplyDeleteCarols were first sung in Europe thousands of years ago, but these were not Christmas Carols. They were pagan songs, sung at the Winter Solstice celebrations as people danced round stone circles (The word carol originally meant to dance to something). The Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year, usually taking place around the 22nd December. The word Carol actually means dance or a song of praise and joy! Carols used to be written and sung during all four seasons, but only the tradition of singing them at Christmas has really survived.
DeleteMy contribution : Eggnog as we know it today is a variation of milk- and wine-based English punches that date back to at least the 17th century. Nogs were often made for social occasions, to toast the health of those who partook, so they were a natural choice for spreading Christmas cheer.
ReplyDeleteLove egg nogs too, my favourite part of Christmas !
DeleteI love fruit cakes- home made ones !
ReplyDeleteNo one knows for sure why and how the fruitcake became associated with the holidays, but it most likely came from the English who passed out slices of cake to poor women who sang Christmas carols in the street during the late 1700s.