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10 Random facts about Christmas - Father Christmas used to be green before Coca-Cola made him red for an advert in 1931.
- It takes an average of seven years to grow a Christmas tree of average retail height (6-7 feet), but it can take as little as four or as many as 15.
- We eat 10 million turkeys over the Christmas period.
- THE first commercial Christmas cards were commissioned by civil servant Sir Henry Cole in London in 1843. Featuring a family drinking wine, one sold for £8,469 last year.
- In 1999, residents of the state of Maine in America built the world's biggest ever snowman. He stood at 113ft tall.
- THE bestselling Xmas single ever is Bing Crosby's White Christmas, shifting over 50million copies worldwide since 1942.
- In the Ukraine you can choose what day to celebrate Christmas on.
- There are 1.76 billion candy canes produced every year.
- The festive season will account for an extra 750 million glass containers and 500 million drinks cans being thrown away. Over 8 million trees will be bought creating over 9,000 tonnes of extra rubbish in our bins. Up to a billion cards will be sent and an estimated 83 square km of wrapping paper, enough to cover an area larger than Guernsey, will be thrown out by households across the country.
- The 26th of December is known as Boxing Day because traditionally the day was marked by the giving of Christmas boxes or gifts to service workers (such as service staff, postal workers and trades people) in the UK.
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