MORE CHRISTMAS FACTS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW

CARTOONIST THOMAS NAST IS CREDITED

WITH CREATING THE CURRENT IMAGE OF

SANTA CLAUS BASED ON HIS ILLUSTRATIONS

FROM HARPERS WEEKLY IN 1863

THE SONGS “RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER,”

“ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE,” AND

“HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS” WERE WRITTEN BY

JEWISH SONGWRITER JOHNNY MARKS

THE MOST EXPENSIVELY DECORATED CHRISTMAS

TREE WAS VALUED AT $11,026,900 AND WAS

ERECTED IN THE EMIRATES PALACE (UAE) IN 2010.

TALKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREES, DID YOU

KNOW THAT CHRISTMAS TREES WERE FIRST

DECORATED WITH FOODS SUCH AS APPLES,

NUTS AND DATES

AND THAT ELECTRIC CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

WERE FIRST USED IN 1895

GIVING PRESENTS WAS ONCE BANNED BY THE

CATHOLIC CHURCH. IT WAS BELIEVED THAT

GIFT GIVING WAS CONNECTED TO PAGANISM

THERE ARE TWO ISLANDS NAMED CHRISTMAS.

CHRISTMAS ISLAND (FORMERLY KIRITIMATI) IN

THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND CHRISTMAS ISLAND

IN THE INDIAN OCEAN

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI BEGAN THE CUSTOM OF

SINGING CHRISTMAS CAROLS IN CHURCH IN THE

13TH CENTURY