In the Ukraine, it is customary to use an artificial spider and web as part of the Christmas tree decorations. As a spider web found on Christmas morning is believed to bring good luck.
During a typical U.S. holiday buying season, Visa credit cards are used an average of 5,340 times every minute.
Since the Hebrew calendar is lunar rather than solar, Hanukkah falls on a different day each year, anywhere from November to early January on the standard calendar.
Before electric Christmas tree lights were first invented by Edward Johnson, an associate of Thomas Edison in 1882, fir trees were decorated with burning candles. Therefore people didn't usually put up their trees until December 24 because of the risk of fire!
It is estimated that 400,000 people become sick each year from eating holiday leftovers gone bad.
For every real Christmas tree harvested, two to three seedlings are planted in its place
Yuletide-named towns in the United States include Santa Claus, located in Arizona and Indiana, Noel in Missouri and Christmas in both Arizona and Florida.
The guttural sound of the Hebrew letters cannot be duplicated by the English alphabet. For this reason, there are many spellings of this holiday in English and all are correct. Hanukkah can be correctly spelled many different ways, including Chanukah, Chanukkah, and Hanukah.
It takes 44 candles all together to observe all the eight nights of the Chanukah festival. The candles used for lighting Hanukah Menorah are supposed to burn for at least half an hour after the stars come out.
In the 1800's the US Postal Service tried to outlaw Christmas Cards because people were sending so many. They were outraged because they had to hire 16 people just to handle the load!
Births on 25 December:
Humphrey Bogart, actor 1899
Alice Cooper, musician (1945)
Princess Alexandra of Kent, (1936)
Annie Lennox, singer 1954
Sissy Spacek, actress 1949
Bernhard Jr, Prince of Netherlands 1969
Helena Christensen, model 1968
Shane McGowan, singer 1957
Anwar el-Sadat, Egyptian president 1918
Tony Martin, singer/ actor 1914
Robert Ripley, Ripley's believe it or not 1893
Conrad Hilton, hotelier 1887
Alfred Kerr, writer 1867
Johann Herbeck, composer 1831
Patrick S Gilmore, composer 1829
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