Christmas Facts

• The song "White Christmas" holds the credit as the most-selling Christmas single of all time.
• Santa Claus has nine reindeer counting Rudolph that pull his sleigh.
• Saturnalia, was the Romans holiday that was celebrated in December.
• It wasn't until about 200 years after Christ's death that Christians started celebrating his birth.
• In northern Europe there was a holiday known as Yule. They celebrated this holiday by making great fires. They then would dance around the fires, yelling for the winter to end.
• Austria was the first country to issue a Christmas postage stamp.
• Silver and gold are the popular Christmas colors after red and green.
• Eggnog the popular Christmas food was an American discovery.
• The Christmas carol "I Saw Momma Kissing Santa Claus" was made famous by Jimmy Boyd when he was just 12 years old.
• Christmas lights were invented by the American Ralph E. Morris.
• W. C. T. Dobson invented the Christmas card.
• Canada is the largest exporter of Christmas trees.
• King's Canyon National Park, California has the world's largest Christmas tree.
• Coca-Cola made the concept of Santa Claus popular in America.
• There are twelve days between Christmas and the Epiphany.