Christmas

Santa's Reindeer The common names given for Santa's reindeer in modern culture are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid,...

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Time to take Down the Xmas Tree Most people usually take them down in early January, but it depends for other people. ...

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Christmas as an Official Holiday Here are opinions and answers from FAQ Farmers: President Ulysses S. Grant declared...

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Christmas Beginnings Religious historians attribute Dec. 25th being designated as Christmas to Pope Julius I, sometime in the...

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During the first 3 centuries of Christianity, Christmas was not celebrated in December, if at all. When celebrated it was usually...

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Exchanging Christmas gifts We have many recorded events in history that show the giving and receiving of gifts dates back at...

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Since before Christmas existed, people used plants that stay green all year to decorate their homes in the winter. Hanging...

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The public was slowly beginning to embrace the idea of lighting their trees electrically, and as towns and cities were wired for...

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This is a good question. IT all started before the 4th century. People of all ages and races celebrated the winter months...

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From my understanding, similar to the origin of bringing trees into the house during the winter solstice to liven up the dreary...

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Set a pair of shoes (wooden ones if you can find them) outside the door with hay and carrots for the reindeer. String...

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by santa himself rudoph is not real

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Is Santa Real? There are different opinions on this. Here is what contributors have had to say: Santa Claus is as real as one...

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The Wise Men The Bible doesn't mention any names for the Magi (wise men). In fact, it doesn't even say how many of them there...

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From my understanding holiday "lights" were first invented by a employee of a telephone company (at the moment I do not know his...

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Celebrating Christmas actually started in Italy. December 24, 1223 This was also when the tradition of...

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Arbor Day was the day when you gave your servants, delivery boys etc their gifts. It is still a bit of a tradition to give a...

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Chris Kringle which means christ child

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No -- Christmas can fall on any day. In the first years of the new millenium, Christmas will fall on the following days: 2002...

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As soon as presents are wrapped. Kids get excited watching the stash grow, counting which ones are theirs, and trying to figure...

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Christmas in Maine Each year all people would get together and celerbrate the bith of Christ!

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Maybe one day you can go to one family's house and then go to the next family or you can do one from whatever time to whatever...

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Here is a quote from a source about the origin of Santa's sleigh: "Between 1804 and 1821 Santa Claus becomes an elf fully dressed...

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Rudolph was the last to join the sleigh-pulling team, because when I read an old English version of The Night Before Christmas,...

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Candles had been used, but were very dangerous. The public was slowly beginning to embrace the idea of lighting their trees...

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There are many festivals and celebrations on or near the December 25th date. Some of the closest include the traditional cultural...

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It is a remnant of an old usage of the Greek word for Christ, ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ["Christos"]. ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣmas would be too...

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Christians celebrate Christmas to honor the birth of Jesus. Christmas is in December because early Christians wanted the Roman...

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When to Put Up the Christmas Tree Here are suggestions and ideas: In some families decorating the tree on Christmas Eve day is...

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The answer is ... what's your preference? Clement C. Moore, who established the 8 reindeer, gave them no gender. Different...

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Christmas is NOT celebrated in Russia on January 7th. It is celebrated on December 25th. Of course, the follow up question would...

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Well, if you can believe the xmas TV show (the one with the Burl Ives smowman) then I believe Rudolph's dad is Donner. :-DD ...

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Christmas Truce (On Christmas Eve and Christmas day, 1914, British and German forces at various places along the front met...

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Three different answers have been offered: Tennessee Virginia Alabama

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Comet Answer If you go by the names, then Vixen would be the female. However, if you look at all of the illustrations of...

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Not sure what you're referring to here ... traditionally, most people turn their Christmas lights on every night from the time...

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Technically, *some* Americans have been keeping Christmas for as long as there's been an America, and even before. In fact,...

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Carole, check out this website for information about these wonderful little houses. "Papa" Ted has a wonderful site all...

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The bible says that wise men visited the manger. It does not say how many. Matthew Chapter 2, verse 1. Answer Actually, that...

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Scholars have been debating this issue and will probably continue to do so always. They also cannot agree if the Wise Men were...

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Christmas cookies Did you know that sugar once sold for the equivalent of $100.00 a pound? And that flour was a far more...

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Italy is the accepted correct answer. Answer I am not sure where "anonymous" got his information, but Italy is *not* the...

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No one knows for sure when Jesus was born. Some biblical scholars suggest it may have been around the month of July, August or...

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Little Nell (my grt. grandmother's name!) Find it below in CAPS. Up On the Housetop lyrics Up on the housetop reindeer...

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Although the Coca-Cola company denies it (as do some historians), the general consensus is because they are the trademark colors...

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Mutt and Jeff / Frazee and Ruth This question has not been answered for so long, I had to take a shot at it. First thing I had...

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Yes. The "Twelve Days" are the days after Christmas, leading up to Epiphany. Note that Christmas itself isn't one of the twelve...

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Well, he can't have cookies and milk everywhere!Don't you get sick of the same food, over and over? Answer Because different...

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by attaching an extension cord and bringing the lighte inside using a water proofbox

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Secret Santa Traditionally, no. That's why it's a "secret"! It's what distinguishes a Secret Santa exchange from a regular old...

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his parents had a baby and named him claus nicholas claus he came up with santa himself -coca-cola did for advertisement and soon...

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There are truly two different celebrations that currently share the name "Christmas." Answering your question depends upon which...

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As you probably know, the modern day Santa character is an amalgam of several different real and mythological beings. From a...

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Christmas Beginnings Christmas started with the birth of Jesus. He and he alone is the hope for all the world past and...

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For the same reason we only eat chocolate bunnies at Easter. It makes it special. Answer I know that if I drank all year, I'd...

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SANTA IS REAL!!!! I JUST KNOW IT AND WHO ELSE WOULD BE COMING DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO BRING!! Some people say he isn't...

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The custom of sending Christmas cards started in Britain in 1840 when the first 'Penny Post' public postal deliveries began....

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♥û☺-♣♠•◘○ In the Rankin/Bass special, her name was Clarice. (CUH-LAIR-EESE) OR in the other one its zoe (ZUH-OH)

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Generally, the order established by Clement C. Moore rules in these situations, with Rudolph hitched, alone, at the front of the...

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Because they are actually called snow globes. Christmas is in the winter when it snows. Just an old tradition, no real reason.

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It is celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, on a day given as His birthday. Answer People celebrate Christmas to remember...

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The first Christmas card was believe to have been printed in London, England in 18467891234567893BC. A product of the imagination...

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Father Christmas is based on a real person, St. Nicholas, which explains his other name 'Santa Claus' which comes from the Dutch...

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While the names don't really "mean" anything, Moore did name them poetically to imply how special they were. In general, you can...

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Before the Coca-Cola ads ''popularized'' red as the color of Santa's suit, he was often depicted in green, though also in red,...

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Traditionally, it's supposed to be a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Historically, it's "winter festival". Christmas is...

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I think Christmas will turn out to be nothing about Jesus and God, it will be all about gifts and food. I think we will lose the...

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Matthew and Luke, though they agree on very few particulars and the common "nativity story" of Christmas is a gestalt of the two,...

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The 12th day after Christmas is called Epiphany. According to Encyclopedia.com: "(ipif´ene) [Gr.,=showing], a prime...

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The word carol came from a Greek dance called a choraulein, which was accompanied by flute music. The dance later spread...

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Pagan Festival That would actually be the Pagan/Wiccan celebration of Yule... The birth of God. This is why Christians chose to...

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Actually Santa has lots of elves that in books or anything they never really said any names. in 'The Santa Claus' there was some...

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Yes and no. Yes it is a celebration of the day God became man, but it was a pagan holiday first. There was a Roman emperor who...

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In Western Christianity it is/begins Jan.6th. Epiphany means to reveal of make known. It originates from the Wise Men's visit to...

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It is commonly thought, the use of holly comes from Ancient Roman times.Romans gave holly branches as a sign of friendship.

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Fix Christmas Lights most off the time it is the fuses. they are in the plug most have 2 slots that slid out where the fuse are...

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Last State Oklahoma in 1907.

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How do you get this idea? He was actually crowned on Christmas day of 800! His coronation created the Holy Roman Empire which...

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THOELOGICAL POSIT: Jesus (from the tribe of David), and his follwers, all but Saul of Tarsus(Paul) were by birth Jewish-Were they...

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Turning on Christmas Lights I turn mine on during Thanksgiving weekend I live in the Chicago area, where a lot of people put...

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Christmas Song Jingle Bells o/~ I'm The Happiest Christmas Tree (ho ho ho hee hee hee) o/~ :) ... is this the song you...

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Filming of "White Christmas" On a sound stage, at a Hollywood movie studio. Its make-believe, remember?

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It has happened only four times in the last 100 years. Two holidays that celebrate miracles and darkness breached by the light of...

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Christmas Foods Fish is the feature of Christmas Eve dinner in a number of countries. For example, Austrians eat baked carp and...

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Original Name the anser is donder

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Origin of Stocking In some parts, not too long ago, around the advent of electricity, people simply left their stockings to dry...

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White Christmas was written by Irving Berlin. He also wrote such songs as "God Bless America", Alexander's Ragtime Band", and...

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The definition of mince is to cut into tiny pieces, such as finely chopped food, especially mincemeat. ----

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Like most every Christmas tradition except attending a Christian church and singing "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," holly (and...

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Some historians attribute them to St. Francis of Assisi. in Italy in the 13th century. NataliePeters Is Very Cool [+LeahWalsh]

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...a man called Saint Nicholas...he tried to help the poor, especially the ladies of the night. They used to hang their washing...

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No one knows for sure, it just happens like how people get nick names. just one day it happens, people hear it and adapt to it. ...

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they wear normal clothes like normal people.

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The Bible talks about celebrations of Jesus' birth but the Bible doesn't use the word Christmas. We don't know that it happened...

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Origin of Silent Night 'Silent Night' originated in Austria in 1816. The carol was wrote by Fr. Josef...

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The Norwegian version of Santa Claus is called "Julenissen" or "Jule nisse." The name means "Christmas Elf" (Jule or Yule being...

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FATHER CHRISTMAS IS REAL!!!!!! DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE WHO SAYS HE'S NOT!!!!!. He doesn't

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When the christmas tree tradition came into being a few hundred years ago in the Alsace region, the decorations consisted of...

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Have a look at this link Saint Nicholas: Origin of Santa and see if it can help answer your question.

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