Fascinating Facts and Trivia

Robins on Christmas cards started as a joke 150 years ago when postmen wore red tunics and were named after them.

According to tradition, you should eat one mince pie on each of the 12 days of Christmas for good luck.

13% of families in the UK attend church on Christmas Day.

Oi! you stick to the ordinary stuff and leave the Christmas stuff to me!

(19-12-2018 19:45 )GreenMachine Wrote:  Oi! you stick to the ordinary stuff and leave the Christmas stuff to me!

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In Greece, Italy, Spain and Germany, workers get a Christmas bonus of one month's salary by law.

In the Czech Republic they enjoy dinners of fish soup, eggs and carp. The number of people at the table must be even, or the one without a partner will die next year.

Other names of Christmas: There are many names for Christmas from the old times and these include 'Midwinter', 'Nativity' and 'Yule'.

There are 13 Santas in Iceland, each leaving a gift for children. They come down from the mountain one by one, starting on December 12 and have names like Spoon Licker, Door Sniffer and Meat Hook.

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented for a US firm's Christmas promotion in 1938.

Gold chocolate coins commemorate St Nicholas who gave bags of gold coins to the poor.The first Christmas celebrated in Britain is thought to have been in York in 521AD.

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A placebo will work even when you know it’s a placebo.

The inventor of toilet paper had his name printed on every sheet.

The population of the town Bellagio, Italy which inspires the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas is less than the number of rooms at the hotel.

Vikings used to stuff a virgin girl with psychedelic mushrooms, then drink her urine before going into battle.