Christmas | Merry Christmas | Christmas Eve

Ø  The 1^st artificial Christmas Trees was made by the Germans of dyed goose Feathers.

Ø  More than 3 billion Christmas cards are send to U.S. alone each year during Christmas festivals.

  

Ø  Twelve Days of all the Christmas gifts would be equal to 364 gifts according to believes.

Ø  The word spelled “True Love” in   song “Twelve Days of Christmas” doesn’t means to a romantic couple, but refers to the Catholic Church’s code for God. The person who receives the Christmas gifts refers someone who has accepted that code for God.

Ø  December 25 was proclaimed by Pope Julius I, bishop of Rome in A.D. 350, was the official celebration date for Merry Christmas.

Ø  Christmas has 3 main Traditional colors and their meaning. Christmas Colors are Green, red & Gold. Green Color has long been a symbol of life & rebirth; red symbolizes the blood of Christ & gold represents light as well as wealth & royalty.

Ø  Most of Couples get breakup during the Christmas according to the Facebook data analyzed, even the Christmas Day is least favorite day for breakups for the couples.

Ø  During Christmas holiday suicide rates are comparatively low, Contrary to popular belief.

Ø  Christmas world’s largest stocking measured 106 feet and 9 inches (32.56 meters) long & 49 feet & 1 inch (14.97 meters) wide. Which weighed as much as 5 reindeer & held almost 1,000 presents. This Christmas Stock was made by the Children’s Society in London on 2007,December 14.

Ø   Since 1850, Christmas Trees was sold in U.S.

Ø  Christmas trees generally grow for about 15 years formerly they are sold.

Ø  Many European countries supposed that spirits, both good & evil, were active during the Twelve Days of Christmas Festival.

Ø  Bolivians party Misa del Gallo or “Mass of the Rooster” on Christmas Eve. People bring roosters to the midnight mass, a gesture that symbolizes the faith that a rooster was the first animal to declare the birth of Jesus.

Ø  The British dress paper crowns while they eat Christmas dinner. This crowns are kept in a tube called a “Christmas cracker”.

Ø  In Poland, spiders or spider webs are commonly used for Christmas trees decorations since according to legend, a spider cover a blanket for Baby Jesus. In fact, people reflect spiders to be symbols of goodness & prosperity at Christmas festival.

Ø  In 1836 Christmas was officially recognize in Alabama, first state in the United States.

Ø  Till June 26, 1870 Christmas was not declared an official holiday in the United States.

 

WISH U ALL HAPPY MERRY CHRISTMAS….