50 impossible christmas facts

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US scientists calculated that _______ would have to visit 822 homes a second to deliver all the world's presents on Christmas Eve, travelling at 650 miles a second.
ALTHOUGH now mostly vegetarian, in Victorian times, _______ pies were made with beef and spices.
THE tradition of putting _________ in stockings comes from 12th-century French nuns who left socks full of fruit, nuts and tangerines at the houses of the poor.
DESPITE the tale of three ________ men paying homage to baby Jesus, the Bible never gives a number. Matthew's Gospel refers to merely '______ men'.
_______ began as an old English custom called wassailing, toasting neighbours to a long life.
CAROLS weren't sung in churches until they were introduced by St Francis of Assisi in the ________century.
THERE is no reference to _______ singing anywhere in the Bible.
NEARLY ____ million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.
THE word _____ derives from the French expression 'les bonnes nouvelles' or 'the good news'.
_______ was probably born in a cave and not a wooden stable, say Biblical scholars.
THE abbreviation _____ isn't irreligious. The letter X is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.
THE world's tallest Xmas tree at 221ft high was erected in a __________ shopping mall in 1950.
THE chances of a white Christmas are just 1 in __ for England and Wales, and 1 in 6 for Scotland and Northern Ireland.
MANY theologians estimate that Jesus wasn't born on December 25 but sometime in _________ between 6BC and 30AD.
JAMES Pierpont's 1857 song ______ _____ was first called One Horse Open Sleigh and was written for Thanksgiving.
BEFORE ______, the traditional Christmas meal in England was a pig's head and mustard.
IN 1647, after the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell banned __________. The law wasn't lifted until 1660.
In 1999, residents of the state of ______, USA, built the world's biggest ever snowman. He stood at 113ft tall.
THE Greeks celebrate Christmas on January _, according to the old Julian calendar, while Xmas presents are opened on New Year's Day.
MANY parts of the Christmas tree can actually be eaten, with the needles being a good source of Vitamin _.
THE holly in a _____ symbolises Christ's crown of thorns while the red berries are drops of his blood.
THE first commercial Christmas cards were commissioned by civil servant Sir Henry Cole in ______ in 1843. Featuring a family drinking wine, one sold for $10 000+ last year.
HANGING _______ on trees may come from the Druids who believed the tree was the giver of all good things.
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THE largest Christmas _______ - 45.72m long and 3.04m in diameter - was pulled in Australia in 1991.
THE long shopping spree before Christmas began in ________ when relatives of soldiers posted overseas in the Second World War were encouraged to mail gifts early.
ASTRONOMERS believe the Star Of Bethlehem, which guided the wisemen to Jesus, may have been a comet or the planet ______.
THE word Christmas comes from the Old English 'Cristes maesse' meaning 'Christ's ____'.
THE bestselling Xmas single ever is Bing Crosby's ______ _______, shifting over 50million copies worldwide since 1942.
IN Britain, the best-selling festive single is Band Aid's 1984 track, Do They Know It's Christmas?, which sold 3.5million copies.______ is next in the same year with Last Christmas
UPSIDE-down artificial Xmas ______ are sold to allow more gifts to be piled under.
SINCE 1947 _____ has sent an Xmas tree to London to thank us for our help in the Second World War.
CHRISTMAS _________ was originally a soup made with raisins and wine.
LONDON ______maker Tom Smith created the first Christmas crackers in 1847, based on the sweet wrapper design.
SANTA Claus comes from a Dutch folk tale based on Saint Nicholas, or Sinterklaas, who gave gifts on ________ 6.
KISSING under the _________ is thought to spring from Frigga, the Norse goddess of love, who was associated with the plant.
THE _______ hold the record for most Xmas number 1 singles, topping the charts in 1963, 65 and 67.
ELECTRIC tree ________ were invented by Edward Johnson in the US in 1882.
THE highest-grossing festive movie is 2000's How The _______ Stole Christmas, which has raked in £175m so far.
________ the red-nosed reindeer was invented for a US firm's Christmas promotion in 1938.
GOLD-wrapped _________ coins commemorate St Nicholas who gave bags of gold coins to the poor.
THE first Christmas celebrated in Britain is thought to have been in York in ____AD.
IN Greece, Italy, ______ and Germany, workers get a Christmas bonus of one month's salary by law.
IN the Czech Republic they enjoy _______ of fish soup, eggs and carp. The number of people at the table must be even, or the one without a partner will die next year.

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