Why Is Santa Really Red?
Saint Nicholas lived during the 4th Century - a time when their robes were red and white.
Christmas isn’t just a time for family & friends, it’s also a time to read festive facts that you wouldn’t read at any other time of the year! It’s a time where you learn the the history of tinsel, advent calendars, Santa Claus himself, and learn about bizarre traditions that surround the Christmas period.
If you love Christmas as much as we do, fill your stockings with our amazing choice of Christmas facts and show off your knowledge over Christmas dinner – because let’s face it, fun facts are better than Christmas cracker jokes!
Saint Nicholas lived during the 4th Century - a time when their robes were red and white.
Alcohol and bad weather are probably the biggest factors for health related injuries during any holiday season.
In Frelinghien, a French village, there is a plaque dedicated solely to the Christmas truce of 1914.
The Coca-Cola Christmas truck has been telling us holidays are coming since their first appearance on TV in 1995.
Mistletoe has no smell, so anything like a candle, advertised as "mistletoe scented" is a lie.
Lapland is in the northern part of Finland, and the Finnish people aren't prepared to accept that Santa might live anywhere else.
Most of Austria, Germany, Poland & Switzerland open their Christmas gifts on Christmas Eve instead of Christmas Day.
An estimated 6.5 million jars of cranberry sauce are consumed in the UK during Christmas.
Christmas Cracker jokes are bad on purpose because that’s what people love and expect from a cracker.
National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day partnered with Save the Children in their “Make the World Better with a Sweater” campaign.
The story of Mary giving birth in the stable included being kept warm by many animals.
Wham! donated the profits of their song "Last Christmas" to the Ethiopian famine appeal.