Here are some interesting Christmas facts you need to know. And 2 Famous Christmas Songs for You!

The tallest Christmas tree ever displayed was in Seattle, Washington. It measured 221 ft. tall.

When the Candy Cane was invented in Germany, it was made into a J for Jesus. The red stripes symbolize his blood.

Black Friday is not the busiest shopping day of the year. The two days right before Christmas are.

It is a tradition in Japan to eat KFC for Christmas. Orders must be placed two months in advance.

Jingle Bells was originally a song about Thanksgiving in 1857. It was also the first song ever played in space by astronauts, Walter Schirra Jr. and Thomas P. Stafford.

1 in 3 men waits until Christmas Eve to do their shopping.

Christmas came from the words Cristes Maesse meaning “mass of Christ.”

Christmas trees usually grow for close to 15 years before they can be sold.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer got his start as an advertising gimmick for Montgomery Ward in 1839.

Paul McCartney earns $400,000 a year from his “Wonderful Christmastime” song, (which is widely regarded as the worst song ever recorded).

Christmas used to be illegal. Oklahoma was the last U.S. state to declare Christmas a legal Holiday in 1907.

Christmas is not Christ’s birthday as many believe. According to the bible, Christ was actually not even born in the winter.

Bing Crosby’s version of “White Christmas” is the highest-selling single of all time.

It only took six weeks for Charles Dickens to write “A Christmas Carol.”

Americans purchase 1.6 billion Christmas cards every year.

Visa cards are used about 6,000 times every minute during the Christmas season.

Franklin Pierce was the first President who put up an official White House Christmas tree.

December 25th was likely chosen because it coincides with the pagan festival Saturnalia where there was partying, gambling, and gift-giving.

Christmas lights were so expensive that they used to be rented rather than sold. An electrically lit tree was a status symbol in the early 1900s.

A Facebook study in 2010 revealed that two weeks before Christmas is the most popular time for couples to break up.

The top six Christmas tree-producing states are Oregon, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Washington, and Wisconsin.

From performers to maintenance workers, approximately 220 people are hired for the Disneyland Christmas Parade.

The first Christmas celebrated on American Land was in 1539 in Tallahassee, Florida. There were no trees or presents, just a religious mass.

The highest-grossing movie about Christmas since 1980 is Jim Carrey’s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” It came out in November 2000 and pulled in $260,044,825.

The Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School in Midland, MI hosts 130 Santas each year where they gather and learn about the history of St. Nick, popular toys, and Santa etiquette.

The abbreviation X in X-Mas is not an abbreviation. It actually stands for “Chi”, meaning Christ in Greek.

The most popular theory of why we leave cookies and milk out for Santa is because Dutch children would leave food and drink out for St. Nicholas on his feast day.

The concept of caroling had nothing to do with Christmas. Medieval carols were liturgical songs in the 12th century while traveling to different homes that came from a tradition in England of wishing good fortunes to your neighbors in exchange for gifts.

The Ancient Greeks considered the mistletoe an aphrodisiac, which is probably why kissing under the mistletoe will bring you luck in your love life.

The reason we give presents during Christmas is to symbolize the gifts given to Jesus by the three wise men.

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