Saint Nicholas of Myra, the original Santa Claus, was the patron saint
of children, thieves and pawnbrokers.
Based on previous surveys, 17 percent of you will embarrass yourselves
in some way at your office Christmas party.
A Mongolian wild ass can run 8 mph faster than a reindeer.
It's Donder, not Donner.
Christmas pudding should be stirred from east to west.
56 percent of Americans sing holiday carols to their pets.
53 percent of Americans plan to "re-gift" this year.
1 in 3 men will wait until Christmas Eve to finish their shopping.
1 in 6 men would like to get rid of all the "gift-giving nonsense."
A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig
prepared with mustard.
On Christmas Eve in 2001, the Bethlehem Hotel had 208 of its 210 rooms
free.
It's "God rest ye merry, gentlemen," not "God rest ye, merry
gentlemen."
There are 1.76 billion candy canes produced every year.
Kris Kringel, a man in his 40s, lives in North Pole, Alaska, and
delivers pizzas for a living. He drives a 1984 Ford Tempo.
Based on a 1999 estimated population count of North America and Europe,
on Christmas Eve of that year Santa Claus had to visit 42,466,666 homes
in a 12-hour period -- that's 983 homes per second.
of children, thieves and pawnbrokers.
Based on previous surveys, 17 percent of you will embarrass yourselves
in some way at your office Christmas party.
A Mongolian wild ass can run 8 mph faster than a reindeer.
It's Donder, not Donner.
Christmas pudding should be stirred from east to west.
56 percent of Americans sing holiday carols to their pets.
53 percent of Americans plan to "re-gift" this year.
1 in 3 men will wait until Christmas Eve to finish their shopping.
1 in 6 men would like to get rid of all the "gift-giving nonsense."
A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig
prepared with mustard.
On Christmas Eve in 2001, the Bethlehem Hotel had 208 of its 210 rooms
free.
It's "God rest ye merry, gentlemen," not "God rest ye, merry
gentlemen."
There are 1.76 billion candy canes produced every year.
Kris Kringel, a man in his 40s, lives in North Pole, Alaska, and
delivers pizzas for a living. He drives a 1984 Ford Tempo.
Based on a 1999 estimated population count of North America and Europe,
on Christmas Eve of that year Santa Claus had to visit 42,466,666 homes
in a 12-hour period -- that's 983 homes per second.