The tallest Christmas tree ever erected was a 221-foot (67-m) Douglas fir. The tree was displayed in downtown Seattle in 1950 and cost $19,000 at the time.
A study found that the average American consumes 7,000 calories on Christmas Day. A whopping 3 times the recommended daily intake.
According to a 2014 survey by Rakuten, 75% of Americans didn’t like the Christmas gifts they received. And what to do with those unwanted gifts? 33% regifted, 27% donated, 14% sold.
In Japan, the most common Christmas Eve food is fried chicken. And it’s all thanks to a marketing strategy from KFC. In fact, KFC records its highest sales on Christmas Eve than any other day of the year in Japan.
Since Australia is in the Southern hemisphere, December 25th is in the middle of the summer and one of the hottest days of the year. Aussie Christmas traditions include going to the beach and barbecuing.
The most common month for babies to be born is September. And nine months before September is the middle of holiday season.
Santa wasn’t depicted as fat, jolly and with a white beard, until Coca-Cola commissioned an artist to reimagine Santa’s image in 1931.
According to a Facebook study, Christmas Day is the least likely day for couples to break up. They found the most common day to break up was December 11th, two weeks before Christmas.
The tallest snowman ever built was in Bethel, Maine. The monster snowman measured 122 ft (37 m).
In order for Santa to hit every household in the world on Christmas Eve he’d have to travel at 3,000 times the speed of sound, hitting 800 homes per second.
It was the Germans in the 16th century that first introduced the idea of decorating trees. Back then, trees were adorned with fruits and nuts. Soon after, ornaments began to include paper cutouts and candles.
Jingle Bells was the first song ever played in space. The crew of NASA’s Gemini 6A got into the Christmas spirit by blasting the song in 1965.
A Christmas tree in the Kempinski Hotel Bahia in Spain is said to be the most expensive Christmas tree ever. Adorned with diamonds, jewelry, and bottles of perfume, the tree’s value is over $15 million.
According to a 2021 Gallup poll, the average American was expected to spend $837 on Christmas gifts. This number has actually decreased in recent years. In the early 2000s the average was almost $1,000.