What do many people watch at 3pm on Christmas Day in Britain?
The Queenยดs Speech
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What presents did the three wise men bring to baby Jesus?
Gold, Frankinscence and Myrrh
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True or False? - Santa Claus has an email address.
True! You can contact him at: Santa@northpole.net
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True or False? - Turkeys have existed in their present form for 10 million years. Thatยดs 100 times longer than Homo sapiens.
True! The birds originally came from Mexico and were first imported into Britain by 16th century traders.)
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True or False? - The song White Christmas has 50 recorded versions.
False! It has more than 500 recorded versions in various languages. The best-selling being the Bing Crosby version.
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What type of animal pulls Santaยดs sleigh?
Reindeer.
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True or False? - The day after Christmas day - 26th December - is called Boxing Day.
True! It was traditionally the day when people gave presents - christmas boxes - to servants, postmen, rubbish collectors etc.
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True or False? A Christmas cracker is a cylindrical object that two people pull at Christmas. It breaks open and the person with the biggest piece wins whatยดs inside.
True! Itยดs typically done during lunch/dinner on Christmas day and usually contains a terrible joke and some small gifts.
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True or False? - Turkey used to be the traditional Christmas food but itยดs popularity has fallen. Only 43% of people in the UK eat roast turkey on Christmas Day.
False. More than 10 million turkeys are sold every year. More than 87% of people in the UK eat them.
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True or False? - The word Xmas is an abbreviation of Christmas ans was first used in the 1940s by shop owners who thought the word Christmas was too long.
False! It has been around for 600 years. The X represents the Greek letter "chi" which is the first letter of "Christos (Christ).
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What is the name of the main character in Charles Dickensยดs "A Christmas Carol"?
(Ebeneezer) Scrooge
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True or False? - Christmas cards were invented by Sir Henry Cole in 1843. He had lots of friends and didnยดt want to write letters to all of them.
True! He was an early Victorian publisher wh was also responsible for the Victoria and Albert museum, the Albert Hall and public toilets.