True facts about Christmas

Let’s face it, people love Christmas. We celebrate it every year with gifts, feasts, lights and family gatherings. But there are a lot of things that most people don’t know about their favorite holiday.

Christmas was originally a pagan holiday
Christmas day was originally a holiday celebrating the winter solstice, but around 350 AD it was declared as the date of the birth of Christ by the Pope. Historians now believe Jesus was born in the spring.
There is no Santa Claus
Sorry to spoil it for you kids, but the jolly old elf bringing you gifts on Christmas is actually your dad.
Many popular Christmas songs were actually written by Jewish people
Chestnuts Roasting, We Wish you a Merry Christmas, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa… and many more, all written by a people who don’t believe in celebrating Christmas.
The average American spends around ~$700 on Christmas gifts every year.
White Christmas is the best selling Christmas song of all time
Bohemian Rhapsody (not a Christmas song) hit number one one the charts twice over Christmas.
Christmas wasn’t declared an official holiday in the United States until June 26, 1870.
During the Christmas season, nearly 28 sets of LEGO are sold every second.
Jingle Bells was originally intended to be a thanksgiving song.
Iceland has 13 Christmas characters like Santa Claus, who like to pull pranks on children.
Crazy eh? Christmas is a lot more interesting than you probably thought. That’s all the time we have for today. Merry Christmas!!

-Sean