10 Facts About Christmas

Since it's around the holidays, why not read 10 interesting facts about Christmas, that you may or may not find pretty intriguing.

1. The Germans made the first artificial Christmas trees out of dyed goose feathers.
(This is strangely true, Germans where the one's who made up the idea of Christmas trees.)

2.In Germany, they have a bad Santa, named Krampus, a half-goat, half-demon, horrific beast who literally beats people into being nice and not naughty.

3. According to the Guinness world records, the tallest Christmas tree ever cut was a 221ft Douglas fir that was displayed in 1950 at the
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Northgate Shopping Center in Seattle, Washington.

4. Many European countries believed that spirits, both good and evil, were active during the Twelve Days of Christmas. These spirits eventually evolved into Santa’s elves.

5. The traditional three colors of Christmas are green, red, and gold. Green has long been a symbol of life and rebirth; red symbolizes the blood of Christ, and gold represents light as well as wealth and royalty.

6. Oklahoma was the last U.S. state to declare Christmas a legal holiday, in 1907.

7. In Germany, Heiligabend, or Christmas Eve, is said to be a magical time when the pure in heart can hear animals talking.

8. The “true love” mentioned in the song “Twelve Days of Christmas” does not refer to a romantic couple, but the Catholic Church’s code for God. The person who receives the gifts represents someone who has accepted that code. For example, the “partridge in a pear tree” represents Christ. The “two turtledoves” represent the Old and New.

9. President Teddy Roosevelt, an environmentalist, banned Christmas trees from the White House in 1901.

10. Instead of a Christmas stocking it's traditional in France for children to place their shoes in front of the fireplace to be filled.