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Christmas Trivia
Did You Know:
In 1643, the British Parliament officially abolishes the celebration of Christmas.
Did You Also Know:
The actual gift givers are different in various countries:
Spain and South America: The Three Kings
Italy: La Befana (a kindly old witch)
England: Father Christmas
France: Pere Noel (Father Christmas)
Russia: In some parts - Babouschka (a grandmotherly figure)
Other parts it is Grandfather Frost.
Germany: Christkind (angelic messenger from Jesus)
She is a beautiful fair haired girl
with a shining crown of candles.
Scandinavia: a variety of Christmas gnomes.
One is called Julenisse
Holland: St Nicholas.
In Switzerland during the Reformation, all instrumental and choral music was banned from churches. In Germany, disapproval of carols resulted in some being converted into hymns.
Births on 25 December:
W C Field (1946)
Annie Lennox (1954)
Alannah Myles (1955)
Princess Alexandra (1936)
Sissy Spacek (1949)
Charlie Chaplin (1889)
Sir Isaac Newton (1642)
Deaths on 25 December:
Conrad Hilton (1979)
Humphrey Bogart (1957)
Dorothy Wordsworth (1855)
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