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10 Hidden Facts About Christmas by incredible6(m): 3:01am On Dec 25, 2015
1. Christmas supposedly marks the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25. But there is no mention of December 25 in the Bible and most historians actually believe he was born in the spring.

2. Christmas was illegal in the U.S. until 1836 as it was considered an Ancient Pagan Holiday.
Alabama was the first state in the United States to officially recognize Christmas in 1836

3.Though Santa Claus has worn blue and white and green in the past, his traditional red suit came from a 1930s ad by Coca Cola
Santa Claus is based on a real person, St. Nikolas of Myra (also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker, Bishop Saint Nicholas of Smyrna, and Nikolaos of Bari), who lived during the fourth century. Born in Patara (in modern-day Turkey), he is the world’s most popular non-Biblical saint, and artists have portrayed him more often than any other saint except Mary. He is the patron saint of banking, pawnbroking, pirating, butchery, sailing, thievery, orphans, royalty, and New York City.


4.“Silent Night” is the most recorded Christmas song in history, with over 733 different versions copyrighted since 1978.
Legend has it that “Silent Night” was written by a Father Joseph Mohr in Austria, who was determined to have music at his Christmas service after his organ broke. In reality, a priest wrote it while stationed at a pilgrim church in Austria.


5.“Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” actually has a truly depressing back-story: songwriter James “Haven” Gillespie was broke, jobless, and his brother had just died when he was asked to write a Christmas song. He was originally too overcome with grief, but eventually found inspiration in his brother’s death and the Christmas memories they had together


6.There is a village in Peru where people settle the previous year’s grudges by fist fighting. They then start the new year off on a clean slate
During the Christmas of 1914 (World War 1), a truce was held between Germany and the UK. They decorated their shelters, exchanged gifts
across no man’s land and played a game of football between themselves.
Re: 10 Hidden Facts About Christmas by incredible6(m): 3:02am On Dec 25, 2015
Re: 10 Hidden Facts About Christmas by incredible6(m): 3:04am On Dec 25, 2015
10. During the Christmas of 1914 (World War 1), a truce was held between Germany and the UK. They decorated their shelters, exchanged gifts across no man’s land and played a game of football between themselves.
Re: 10 Hidden Facts About Christmas by Thinkerspool: 3:17am On Dec 25, 2015
While your facts are right. Christians are former worshippers of one religion or the other, these religion must have at least one event that can be celebrated once in a year.
According to Robert Greene, human mind can not be left empty for a long time, it must be occupied with a doctrine whether it is wrong or right. If you must take something away from human, you must be more than ready to replace it with another thing of similar satisfaction with alacrity.
There is no way Christendom can leave convertees without at least a festival.



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Re: 10 Hidden Facts About Christmas by Nobody: 3:41am On Dec 25, 2015
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Re: 10 Hidden Facts About Christmas by Mjshexy(f): 4:47am On Dec 25, 2015
dovelike:
Christmas in Nigeria is no fun. Too much hustling. NY city Loading ..................78%
Sorry dear next year will be better k wink
Re: 10 Hidden Facts About Christmas by Nobody: 5:22am On Dec 25, 2015
Mjshexy:
Sorry dear next year will be better k wink
Of course. Thanks
Re: 10 Hidden Facts About Christmas by prinzfavian(m): 6:02am On Dec 25, 2015
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