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More Christmas Facts
1. Christmas pudding has it’s roots based in a spiced porridge that was called “Frumenty”. It derives from a Celtic Legend of the god Dagda, who was said to have created a porridge created from all of the earth’s god things.
2. What is the worst Christmas dinner you can think of? Well in old early England the head of a pig with mustard was a traditional xmas dinner. Trust the English to have such a dish!
3. In a traditional Greek tale nasty little creatures called Kallikantzaroi try and play pranks and cause trouble at Christmas. There are many ways to try and get rid of them. This includes burning and old show or salt, creating a smell to discourage it. You can also hang a pig’s jaw bone at the door and keep a big fire to stop them coming down the chimney.
4. A 1995 survey concluded that 70% of the dogs in the UK get gifts from their owners
5. The Mexican flower poinsettia is known to be a traditional Christmas flower. “Flower of the Holy Night” is the name given to this flower in Mexico.
6. History says that the Philippines celebrated around 200 years before it was discovered for the Western World by Ferdinand Magellan. This is thought to be between 1280 and 1320 AD.
7. The popular past time of sending Christmas cards is thought to have been helped by a Bavarian born lithographer who came to the USA in the 19th century. Louis Prang invented a way to reproduce oil paintings and added the message “Merry Christmas” on a card to show it off.
8. 37.1 million real Christmas trees are sold to American’s every year. 25% of thes come from the 5,000 choose and cut farms. This comes from data gathered by the National Christmas Tree Association.
9. The Italians have a great Christmas celebration known as “The Urn of Fate”. The urn is brought out on Christmas Eve and has wrapped presents for all the family. The Mother goes first and then everyone else takes turns. If you pull a present with your name on you keep it, if not, you put it back. Everyone tries until the presents are all claimed.
10. After the success of Charles Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol,” he wrote a new Christmas story every year. None ever gained the same popularity.
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