1. FACTS ABOUT CHRISTMAS

2. DO YOU KNOW? At Christmas, the Portuguese roll feast for the living and the dead, the Finns go to the sauna, the Australians - on the beach, and in Spain held the world's largest lottery. The Germans made the first artificial Christmas trees from goose feathers. In the US alone each year is distributed over three million Christmas cards. English as a Christmas decoration also use the mistletoe. The prototype of Santa Claus became really existed person, Saint Nicholas of Myra, who lived in the fourth century. Alabama was the first state in the US, which is officially recognized Christmas as a national holiday. This happened in 1836. The British put on a Christmas lunch paper crown. Crown stored in a special tube, which is called "Christmas cracker".