True or False? - Turkey used to be the traditional Christmas food but it´s 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.
True or False? - Turkeys have existed in their present form for 10 million years. That´s 100 times longer than Homo sapiens.
True! The birds originally came from Mexico and were first imported into Britain by 16th century traders.)
True or False? - There is a club in Britain for people who don´t like Christmas, called the "Christmas? Bah, Humbug! Club" and it has about 50 members
True! The club was started by John Richards who thought Christmas was a waste of time.
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