Fun Facts about the Holidays
Happy Holidays from everyone at CENTURY 21 Canada!
Want to test your Christmas trivia knowledge? Did you know that...
The first president to decorate the white house Christmas tree in the United States was Franklin Pierce.
- Germany made the first artificial Christmas trees. They were made of goose feathers and dyed green.
- The first Christmas cards were invented in 1843, the same year that "A Christmas Carol" was written by Charles Dickens (in just six weeks).
- The poinsettia plant was brought into the United States from Mexico by Joel Poinsett in the early 1800s.
- Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
- If you received all of the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," you would receive 364 gifts.
- Jingle Bells" was first written for Thanksgiving.
- "It's a Wonderful Life" appears on TV more often than any other holiday movie.
- "The Nutcracker" is the most famous Christmas ballet.
- Clearing up a common misconception, in Greek, X means Christ. That is where the word "X-Mas" comes from.
- Traditionally, Christmas trees are taken down after Epiphany.
- More diamonds are sold around Christmas than any other time of the year.
- In Mexico, wearing red underwear on New Year's Eve is said to bring new love in the upcoming year.
Andrew Thompson is a sales representative with Century 21 Riverside Realty in Sun Peaks, BC.
Posted by Andrew Thompson
on December 25, 2009