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For free Science videos for kids .......visit www.makemegenius.com Christmas Christmas :generally observed on December 25th by Christians to commemorate the birth of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity. Christmas said to be originated from an old English word meaning “Christ’s mass” For free Science videos for kids .......visit www.makemegenius.com

Interesting Facts about Christmas Trees An acre of Christmas trees can provide the daily oxygen requirements of at least 18 persons ! You would be surprised to know that usage of Christmas trees (then called evergreen trees) began even before the birth of Christ .It was widely used to celebrate winter season ! The first decorated Christmas tree was in Liga,Latvia in 1510 ! The most popular Christmas trees are :Scotch pine,Douglas fir ,Noble fir & Fraser fir ! Usage of small candles to light a Christmas tree started in 17th century ! Denmark is a major producer of live Christmas trees whereas China is the largest producer of artificial Christmas trees ! For free Science videos for kids .......visit www.makemegenius.com

Santa Clause (St. Nicholas)- History & Facts Today we think Santa Claus as a noble toy distributor who comes in a sleigh led by eight flying reindeer, on Christmas Eve. Actually it is based on a real man, his name was St. Nicholas. He was the Bishop of Myra, a town in Turkey. In 3rd century, he became famous as an anonymous gift giver as he would provide dowry to poor girls on their marriage and hand out gifts to kids. It is believed that he would leave these in their shoes at the night-time; which were kept outside of home as part of old traditions In Netherlands, few of the people kept this tradition alive for many centuries, but the name of the bishop who went house to house to give treats to children changed to Sinterklaas. In 1773, this name changed to Santa Claus from a story published in a New York City newspaper .Few other aspects; like characterizing Santa as a portly, bearded man & coming down the chimney; got added to this slowly developing tradition by a book named A History Of New York,written by Washington Irving in 1809. Similarly a poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas (commonly known as ‘Twas the Night before Christmas’) written by Clement Moore in 1822 popularized the sleigh pulled by eight reindeer. The modern image of Santa Claus, which we see in every mall, actually appeared in Coca-Cola advertisements in 1931. This image was created by an artist named Haddon Sundblom. Santa first appeared in a department store in 1890. A businessman James Edgar came with an idea of keeping a person; in Santa costume ; outside the store to attract children to his store . For free Science videos for kids .......visit www.makemegenius.com

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