Christmas Trivia

With Christmas approaching, we thought it would be fun to post some Christmas trivia.  Hope you enjoy!

Did you know if you were to buy every item on the "12 Days of Christmas" song it would cost you $96,824.00? 

Also, if you counted all the gifts that were given in the song "12 Days of Christmas" you would realize that the number of gifts being presented were 364 total, which means a gift for every day in the year!





Warning: Christmas shopping may be hazardous to your health.  Statistics have shown that avid Christmas shoppers will be elbowed at least 3 times while shopping! OUCH!!

On the average, Americans send out 28 Christmas cards to friends and family every year.

The traditional Christmas dinner in England used to be a pig head prepared with a mustard sauce. 

Most of the popular Christmas carols that we sing today were written in the 19th century.

The song "Jingle Bells" was first written for Thanksgiving and then became one of the most popular Christmas songs. 

It was once believed that any woman who was not kissed while standing under the mistleoe, will not marry the coming year.

Christmas trees take an average of 7-10 years to mature.

Did you know that Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states, even including Hawaii and Alaska?

31.3 million real Christmas trees were purchased in 2007!  That's a lot of Christmas trees!