- Christmas was originally based on a pagan celebration worshipping the god of cash registers.
- Turkeys became popular as they made it easier to provide enough meat to go round compared with the original bird of choice, the robin.
- When travelling back to your homeland for Christmas, it is advisable to book ahead.
- It is traditional for gifts to be purchased between the hours of four, and five on the afternoon of Christmas Eve.
- Boxing Day is so called as this is the day when toys are re-packaged ready for the attempt to fob them off on retailers with the line 'It was like that when we opened it.'
- The modern Santa Claus is a memory of the 'wise men' who brought the baby Jesus gifts of cheap plastic tat from the east.
- 17.71% of turkeys are defrosted with a hairdryer.
- If all the wrapping paper used for just one British Christmas was collected together in one place, you wouldn't be able to move for the stuff.
- If you phone Mr Christmas, he will deny multiple breaches of employment legislation with regard to underheight workers.
- 82.29% of turkeys don't believe in Christmas.
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