Christmas Facts

Christmas Facts

It’s that time of the year. With Christmas right around the corner here are some interesting facts to start spreading the Christmas spirit. 

  • “Jingle Bells” was written for Thanksgiving, not Christmas.  It  was also the first song to be broadcast from space.
  • Christmas trees have been sold in the United States since 1850.
  • The tallest Christmas tree was displayed in Seattle, washington. Measured at 221 ft tall. 
  • Buying all the gifts from the ¨12 Days of Christmas” would be very expensive. The most expensive, Swans a swimming, stands at about $6,300.
  • Black Friday is not the busiest shopping day of the year. It turns out the two days before christmas are.
  • Christmas trees usually grow for close to 15 years before they can be sold.
  • Stats show that 1 in 3 men usually wait until Christmas Eve to do their shopping
  • More than 400,000 illnesses are caused by spoilt Christmas leftovers
  • Christmas lights were so expensive that they used to be rented rather than sold. Anelectrically lit tree was a status symbol in the early 1900s.
  • Americans purchase 1.6 billion Christmas cards every year
  • Visa cards are used about 6,000 times every minute during the christmas season

I hope this helped get you into the christmas spirit along with learning some new facts. Merry Christmas!