In A.D. 350, Pope Julius I, bishop of Rome, - proclaimed December 25 the official celebration date for the birthday of Christ., Christmas trees usually grow - for about 15 years before they are sold., The British wear paper crowns while they - eat Christmas dinner. The crowns are stored in a tube called a “Christmas cracker.”, Christmas has its roots in pagan festivals - such as Saturnalia, the Kalends, and Deus Sol Invictus or Birthday of the Unconquerable Sun., Santa Claus is based on a real person, - St. Nikolas of Myra (also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker, Bishop Saint Nicholas of Smyrna, and Nikolaos of Bari), who lived during the fourth century., American President Teddy Roosevelt, an environmentalist, - banned Christmas trees from the White House in 1901., The Germans made the first artificial Christmas trees - out of dyed goose feathers., According to data analyzed from Facebook posts, - two weeks before Christmas is one of the two most popular times for couples to break up., The traditional three colors 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., The single “White Christmas” by Irving Berlin is - the best selling single of all time, with over 100 million sales worldwide.,
0%
Christmas Facts
Share
Share
Share
by
U43490770
Edit Content
Print
Embed
More
Assignments
Leaderboard
Show more
Show less
This leaderboard is currently private. Click
Share
to make it public.
This leaderboard has been disabled by the resource owner.
This leaderboard is disabled as your options are different to the resource owner.
Revert Options
Match up
is an open-ended template. It does not generate scores for a leaderboard.
Log in required
Visual style
Fonts
Subscription required
Options
Switch template
Show all
More formats will appear as you play the activity.
Open results
Copy link
QR code
Delete
Continue editing:
?