Think you know all there is about Christmas? Ever wonder how or why we started doing the holiday traditions the way we’ve done them? You’ll probably enjoy this list:
- The popular song, Silent Night, was written by an Austrian Priest named Joseph Mohr in 1818 as a result of a broken organ.
- Christmas trees such as Douglas Fir and other evergreen trees are grown in all 50 states of America.
- The abbreviation of Christmas to Xmas partially comes from the Greek letter “chi”, the first letter of the word “Christos” meaning Christ.
- Alabama was the first state in America to proclaim Christmas day as a legal Holiday in 1836.
- Oklahoma was the last state to proclaim Christmas day as a legal holiday in 1907.
- Franklin Pierce was the first United States President to decorate a Christmas tree in the White House in 1856.
- During the Christmas and Hanukkah season, more than 1.76 billion candy canes will be made.
- The Christmas season begins at sundown on the 24th of December and lasts through sundown on the 5th of January. For that reason, this season is also known as the “Twelve Days of Christmas”.
- Pope Julius I declared Christ’s birthday as December 25th sometime during the fourth century.
