CHRISTMAS TRIVIA

 

• Before settling on the name of Tiny Tim for his character in "A Christmas Carol," three other alliterative names were considered by Charles Dickens. They were Little Larry, Puny Pete, and Small Sam.
• Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" was introduced in the 1942 movie "Holiday Inn" ... and was almost cut out of the final version. It became one of the most popular songs of all time. The movie "White Christmas", starring Crosby and Danny Kaye, didn't debut until 1954. It was the first movie to be made in Vista Vision, a deep-focus process.
• Brenda Lee is always rockin’ around the Christmas Tree
• Caesar Augustus was the Roman emperor when Christ was born
• California, Oregon, Michigan, Washington, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are the top Christmas tree producing states. Oregon is the leading producer of Christmas trees - 8.6 million in 1998.
• Candlemas is a holiday that does not occur in December
• Candy canes began as straight white sticks of sugar candy used to decorated the Christmas trees. A choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral decided have the ends bent to depict a shepherd's crook and he would pass them out to the children to keep them quiet during the services. It wasn't until about the 20th century that candy canes acquired their red stripes.
• Caspar brought the gift of Mrryh to the Baby Jesus
• Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day
• Charles Dickens' initial choice for Scrooge's statement "Bah Humbug" was "Bah Christmas."
• Charles Dickens was the author of "A Christmas Carol"
• Charlie Brown's complaint about Christmas is that it is too commercialised
• Child singer Jimmy Boyd was 12 years and 11 months old when he sang the Christmas favourite, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." The song hit the top of the pop charts.
• Christmas became a national holiday in America on June, 26, 1870.
• Christmas carolling began as an old English custom called Wassailing - toasting neighbours to a long and healthy life.