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Fun Facts
Learn interesting facts about Christmas
Christmas Fun Facts
With Christmas lunches taking place this month, here’s some special fun facts about Christmas.
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X means Christ in Greek so to shorten the word Christmas we sometimes use Xmas.
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Tinsel was once made of real silver. It was invented in Germany in 1610.
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Reindeer are usually four to five feet tall not including their antlers. Their antlers are three feet tall.
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Like a human’s fingerprint no two reindeer antlers are exactly the same.
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Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.
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The chances of a white Christmas are just 1 in 10 for England and Wales, and 1 in 6 for Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Each Christmas, people in Britain eat 10 million turkeys
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Santa Claus was born in 270 AD. That means he is 1,745 years old. It’s the magic of Christmas that keeps him alive and well.
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Santa has a white beard, a red suit with white cuffs, a white collar and a black belt. He also wears a red hat with white trim and wears black boots.
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Throughout the year Santa Claus keeps two lists of girls and boys, a good list and a naughty list.
- Santa’s sleigh travels at the speed of light. That is about 186,282 miles per second or 671 million miles per hour!