Check the List of Christmas Trivia You Might Be Surprised To Know
CHRISTMAS TRIVIA – Here is a list of some exciting facts that you may know yet regarding the Christmas celebration and the things associated with it.
Are you one of the countless individuals across the globe who love celebrating Christmas? You might want to dig deeper on certain details about this celebration. There are interesting facts that many people don’t actually know yet.
When it comes to Santa Claus, the elf on the shelf, the gingerbread houses, and a lot more which are associated in the celebration, there are many things that remain unknown. Below, you can check out some of the interesting Christmas trivia.
1. Santa Claus has his own postal code in Canada. The people can write letters to Santa at his Canadian postal code “H0H 0H0”. Thus, there are letters to Santa that may receive a letter back.
2. “Xmas” is not a recent term. A lot of people undeniably don’t like how the name of “Christ” is replaced by a letter “X” in the word Christmas to “Xmas”. However, one of the surprising Christmas trivia is that this is actually not a new term. In Greece, X is the first letter in the Greek word for Christ.
3. Jingle Bells has been played in space. During NASA’s Gemini 6A space flight in 1965, the said Christmas song was played making it the first Christmas song to have been played in the space.
4. Gingerbread houses are inspired by the Hansel and Gretel story. It was the story of Hansel and Gretel, the siblings who found a house made of candies in the woods, that made the Gingerbread houses even more popular.
5. Rudolph almost had a different name. Also one of the Christmas trivia is that the most popular reindeer of Santa, Rudolph, was initially named either Rollo or Reginald.
6. Jingle Bells is originally a Thanksgiving song. James Lord Piermont, the writer of the song, originally wrote the song for the Thanksgiving Concert in the church.
7. The tradition of Christmas tree setting started in Germany. In the 16th Century, a lot of Christian families set up trees in their homes and placed some lights on them.
8. The original name of the Elf on the Shelf is Fisbee. Aside from Santa Claus, the elf on the shelf is another popular Christmas character.
9. North Pole became the popular believed home of Santa Claus because of a cartoonist. Political cartoonist Thomas Nast made such belief popular amid a lot of Arctic expeditions happening then.
10. The Grinch is the highest-grossing Christmas film. The film earned $512,858,819 worldwide which made it the highest grossing Christmas movie followed by the 1990 film Home Alone.
