10 Interesting Facts about Christmas

1. The Word mistletoe literally means “dung twig”.

dung twig

2. Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer was created by the department store chain Montgomery ward.

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Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer

3. A Jewish man wrote “rockin’ around the Christmas tree” & a few other classic Christmas songs.

classic Christmas tree

4. The song “joy to world” is about Jesus’ projected return, not his birth.

joy to world jesus

5. The song “jingle bells” is thought to have been written for a thanksgiving Sunday school program.

jingle bells

6. Jingle bells was the first song sung in space.

Jingle bells on space

7. In the original TV adaptation, Rudolf never helps the toys on the island of misfit toys.

Rudolf misfit toys

8. Mistletoe was once used by young girls to help find out if they would have a happy marriage with a particular man.

Mistletoe

9. In Iceland there are 13 Santa’s & they were originally depicted as the sons of two children eating trolls.

children eating trolls

10. “Parson Brown” is not the first and last name of a person.

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Parson Brown

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