Christmas Did You Know Facts

We ve rounded up 45 amazing facts you never knew about christmas.

Christmas did you know facts. Jingle bells was written for thanksgiving not christmas. Christmas supposedly marks the birth of jesus christ on dec. Today we know that christ was not born on the 25th of december.

So you can dazzle everyone with your sparkly dress and your sparkly holiday smarts. Alabama was the first state in the us to recognize christmas as a holiday in the year 1836. You will after you read our blog.

The image of santa claus flying his sleigh began in 1819 and was created by washington irving the same author who. Yes you read that right. But there is no mention of dec.

It was supposed to be played in the composer s sunday school class during thanksgiving as a way to commemorate the famed medford sleigh races. In 1836 alabama became the first u s. The original rudolph did not have a red nose.

10 fun facts about holiday shopping the average american spends about 786 on holiday shopping the average holiday shopper will spend 107 50 on themselves. 25 was likely chosen because it coincided with the ancient pagan festival saturnalia which celebrated the. The song was written in 1857 by james lord pierpont and published under the title one horse open sleigh.

Brenda lee was only thirteen years old when she recorded. The word christmas means mass of christ later shortened to christ mass. But do you know there are lots of interesting and amazing facts about christmas.