Christmas is less than 3 weeks away and here at Appleyard London we are very much in the Christmas spirit! We invite you to join us in our excitement for the festive season with our 20 Fun Christmas Facts! Take a read:
1. The names of Santa’s 8 original reindeer are: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen. Rudolph was the 9th reindeer to join Santa’s Sleigh.
2. Each year more than 3 billion Christmas cards are sent in the U.S. alone.
3. The traditional three colours of Christmas are green, red, and gold. Green has long been a symbol of life and rebirth; red symbolizes the blood of Christ, and gold represents light as well as wealth and royalty.
4. The average shopper will walk 5 miles around shopping centres and car parks whilst doing Christmas shopping.
5. 1 in 3 men begin their Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve! Are you guilty?
6. If you were to receive all of the gifts listed in “The Twelve Days Of Christmas” song, you would be gifted a total of 364 presents.
7. Christmas stockings are said to have evolved from three sisters who were too poor to afford new clothes, presents and food for their table. However, they were saved when the wealthy Bishop Saint Nicholas of Smyrna climbed down their chimney before filling their stockings with gold coins.
8. The beverage company, Coca Cola, were the first company to use Father Christmas for a winter promotion.
9. The flower of Christmas is the Christmas Rose and is often referred to as the Snow or Winter Rose.
10. The modern day portrayal that Santa Claus wears a red coat only became standard in the 1920’s. Before this, he wore blue, purple and green coats.
11. 62% of people in the UK agreed that Christmas is a time when we should be more generous to people less fortunate than ourselves.
12. Candy canes are in the shapes of a J if you have noticed? This is believed to symbolise the J for Jesus Christ.
13. In 2013, a mince pie worth an astounding £3000.00 was on display at a London shopping centre. The pie was created by Andrew Stellitano.
14. Last Christmas saw the UK consume approximately 10 million turkeys.
15. It is thought 45% of the world’s population celebrate Christmas. That is just short of 4 billion people celebrating the festive season.
16. 86% of people in a survey rated spending time with close ones as the best thing about Christmas. 7% quotes time off work, 3% suggested the food and only 2% said presents. Maybe they haven’t heard of Appleyard London’s Christmas Flowers?
17. The Christmas movie ‘Grinch’ features more than 52,000 Christmas lights, 8,200 Christmas ornaments and almost 2000 pieces of candy. Who counted this?
18. A Christmas wreath hanging on your front door symbolises a sign of welcome and long life for all who enter. We need to start selling Christmas wreaths!
19. Boxing Day is the 26th December following Christmas Day on the 25th. The day derives from a Christmas gift or money going to the poor on this day. People would place items into church boxes – leading to the name Boxing Day.
20. The famous poem ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas’ was written in 1822 by Clement Clarke Moore. It was originally called ‘A visit From St Nicholas’.
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Thank you for taking the time to read our 20 Fun Christmas Facts! We hope you enjoyed them! But just before we go, we would love to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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