18 Facts About the Coca-Cola Christmas Truck
The Coca-Cola Christmas truck has been telling us holidays are coming since their first appearance on TV in 1995.
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!
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.
In the 13th Century, French Nun's made and gave gifts to the needy on the eve of St. Nicholas.
In China, Christmas is celebrated with acrobats, fireworks and jugglers who entertain crowds.
Did you know that reindeer have been domesticated for human use since the Bronze and Iron Ages?