Children whose families celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas have a 97 percent higher chance of getting socks as a gift.
The Japanese term for Christmas, Kurisumasu Omedeto, can also be loosely translated as "Morning of the Greedy Children."
For the past decade, the Spanish-speaking Santa at the Del Amo mall in Torrance, CA, has been played by Erik Estrada.
Jesus was actually born on January 1, but Joseph and Mary moved the date back a week to get a government-approved tax deduction.
In Latvia, indoor Christmas trees were originally fake. Real trees started being used in 1923 when the factory making the fake ones burned down.
During the early 1970s, the Hasbro company attempted to build a "North Pole" toy factory at Point Barrow, Alaska. Construction was halted when feasibility studies predicted labor shortages.
After the Three Wise Men left, Joseph bartered the gold and frankincense for more practical gifts: a camel-ready infant seat and three hours of babysitting. He kept the myrrh because of its well-known ability to heal swaddlin
The most popular eggnog in Russia is not made from chicken eggs, but from caviar.
The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe originated in Germany in the 18th century when a person who was deathly allergic to mistletoe came in contact it and had to be revived by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
The primary causes of death during the holidays are heart attacks and suicide caused by the arrival of credit-card bills.
The average height of a Christmas tree (5' 4") is exactly the same as the distance between Jesus's hands on the cross.
Red and green became official Christmas colors in 1939, when it was recognized that red marked-down price tags brought in green cash during the shopping season.
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was banned from the airwaves and bookstores from 1950-1956 because of its implied support for Communism.
Eggnog was created after its predecessors beefnog, hamnog and troutnog failed miserably.
Reindeer feces have been known to burn holes in roof shingles.
For nine years following the 1843 publication of "A Christmas Carol," Ebenezer was the most popular boys' name in Great Britain.
3 comments:
I assume that "fact" is a very loose term here.
You would be wise to question #'s 4, 7, 14 and 15
And you think my posts are gross. Some of this was gnarly!
Eggnog was created after its predecessors beefnog, hamnog and troutnog failed miserably.
Reindeer feces have been known to burn holes in roof shingles.
For nine years following the 1843 publication of "A Christmas Carol," Ebenezer was the most popular boys' name in Great Britain.
Ewwwwwww!!!!!! Gross!
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