10 Fun Facts About Christmas

Now these are basic facts I have found on the internet, so please do not shoot the messenger here. I suggest you research all of them even further to find more interesting details regarding each of them. Consider these ice breakers, to use at your social holiday gatherings this season.

This will be the first BLOG of 10, with other BLOGS of 10 to follow until I run out. Some may seem conflicting. This is why I suggest you research them further. I am providing you with just the basics, in most cases. So enjoy them.

1. Tinsel was originally made with real silver

2. The Montgomery Ward department store created Rudolph the Reindeer as a marketing gimmick to encourage children to buy their Christmas coloring books.

3. Did you know that the first Christmas was celebrated on December 25, AD 336 in Rome?

4. In 1962 — the US issued the first Christmas postage stamp

5. Bicycle, the U.S. playing card company, manufactured cards to give all the POWS in Germany during World War II as…