Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!! : )

I wish you all a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!! I hope you get all the best for the New Year!!! I will keep writing blogs, and be sure to check them regularly. Anyway , here are some awesome facts about Christmas!! Enjoy!!


Fast Facts
~Each year, 30-35 million real Christmas trees are sold in the United States alone. There are 21,000 Christmas tree growers in the United States, and trees usually grow for about 15 years before they are sold.

~Today, in the Greek and Russian orthodox churches, Christmas is celebrated 13 days after the 25th, which is also referred to as the Epiphany or Three Kings Day. This is the day it is believed that the three wise men finally found Jesus in the manger.

~In the Middle Ages, Christmas celebrations were rowdy and raucous—a lot like today's Mardi Gras parties.

~From 1659 to 1681, the celebration of Christmas was outlawed in Boston, and law-breakers were fined five shillings.

~Christmas wasn't a holiday in early America—in fact Congress was in session on December 25, 1789, the country's first Christmas under the new constitution.

~Christmas was declared a federal holiday in the United States on June 26, 1870.









Oh, and don't forget to post what you want for Christmas!!!

See you next year!! (In 2010!) : )

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