25 Christmas Facts

Coca Cola sales rise by 10 million pounds in December.
1.6 Billion Christmas Cards are sent across the UK every year.

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The first Christmas stamp was issued in 1962.

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£207 million pounds worth of gifts are returned every year in the UK.

Only Fools & Horses 1996 christmas special is the most watched UK christmas TV show with over 24 Million viewers.
In 1965, Jingle Bells was played in space.

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The first christmas was celebrated on 25th December, AD 336, in Rome.

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Visa cards are used 5-6 thousand times every minute during the christmas season.

If you were to buy all the swans from the '12 days of Christmas' it would cost you £6300.
The Rubik's cube was the highest selling christmas toy in 1980. It sold for $1.99 and today it retails for $10.
The highest-grossing christmas movie of all time is how the Grinch stole christmas.

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Rudolph the red nosed reindeer was created in 1963 to increase the sales of colouring books.

The tallest snowman was built in Maine, USA and stood at 118ft.

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Christmas trees grow for 15 years before they are sold.

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The candy cane was invented in Germany to symbolise Jesus. It's shaped like a J and the red stripes symbolise his blood.

16 is the average number of christmas presents a UK child receives.
6.8 Million iPhones activated on Christmas day in 2011.

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The X in Xmas comes from the meaning of Christ in Greek.

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The statue of liberty was gifted from France to the USA in 1886, weighing 225 tonnes. It's considered to be the heaviest Christmas present in the world.

3,000,000 mince pies consumed over Christmas.
In Japan, it's tradition to eat KFC for Christmas dinner. It's so popular, the order must must be placed two months in advance.
Christmas Crackers are classed as Class 1 explosives

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22% of men leave their Christmas shopping until the 23rd December.

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All of Santa's Reindeer are girls.

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Before turkey, the traditional Christmas meal in England was a pig's head and mustard.

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