Christmas was invented on December 25, during the 4th century.  No specific person created it but the Romans came up with it.  

The most popular cookie to make is sugar cookies with frosting.  The least popular cookie to make is jam thumbprint.  

More than 160 countries celebrate Christmas.  The Philippines celebrate the most out of any country.  People in Japan eat KFC for their Christmas dinner.

            Christmas trees were banned from the White house in 1901.  President Teddy Roosevelt banned them because of “environmental concerns”.  Christmas was also banned in the UK for 13 years by Cromwell after theEnglish  Civil War because they believed it was popish and led to sinful behavior.    

The needles on a Christmas tree are edible and a good source of Vitamin C.  Edward Johnson was the first to invent Christmas tree lights in the year 1882.

The famous Christmas carol, “Jingle Bells”, was originally written for Thanksgiving.  The original song name was “on horse open sleigh”.  

All the gifts in the “12 days of Christmas” song add up to 364 gifts.  The biggest gift ever given was the Statue of Liberty.  

Two weeks before Christmas is the most popular time for couples to break up because they do not want their partner to meet their family, people may also not wanna give gifts.  Christmas day is the least popular time.  

The biggest stocking took three months to sew.  The tallest Christmas tree grown was 221 feet tall.  It took over 3,000 pounds of sugar to make the largest gingerbread house.