We are at the end of the yea in the month of December. This is the month for which kids wait eagerly throughout the year. And why not?? It’s the month of Christmas when Santa visits the kids and they get their presents for which kids keep waiting for a long time. The setting up of Christmas trees, decorating home and gifts, all these things make Christmas very special and merry. Now, Christmas is not only about these things. There are so many interesting Christmas facts for kids to know. It is the perfect time to share some Christmas facts around the world with your kids. So let’s read some awesome Christmas facts.
Amazing Christmas Facts For Kids
1. Christmas is celebrated on 25th of December that marks the birth of Jesus. Though this date is not stated in gospels or any historical reference, but it is assumed to be in between 6 and 4 BC. And the date is estimated by various methods including the description of shepherds watching over their sheep.
2. Where did X-mas come from?? Xmas is the abbreviation of the word Christmas, where X represents the Greek letter chi. And the mas had been derived from Latin English word “mass”.
3. Alabama was the first state in US to have recognized Christmas as an official holiday and Oklahoma was the last to announce Christmas as legal holiday.
4. The tradition of Christmas tree started 2000 years ago when pagans used to worship evergreen trees.
5. One more interesting fact about Christmas tree is that it was the people of Riga, Latvia who were the first to decorate Christmas tree in 1950. Though it is said the first artificial Christmas tree was made in Germany during 19th century.
6. Trees that are used to decorate during Christmas are Scotch pine, Douglas fir, noble fir, Fraser fir, balsam fir, Virginia pine and white pine.
7. Santa Claus has been an important Character since ages during Christmas due to his gesture of delivering presents to kids on Christmas eve. The character of Santa Claus is based on St. Nicholas who was an anonymous gift giver and helped needy children.
8. Previously Santa Claus was seeing in different color robes like green, purple and blue. But the red color robe of Santa Claus was introduced by Coca-Cola for one of their illustration campaign. And then it became so popular that modern day kids know Santa Claus as a jolly man wearing red robe only.
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9. Santa has 9 flying reindeer, their names are : Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, Blitzen and the most famous one is Rudolph who is also the youngest one.
10. Rudolph – the red nose reindeer has become the most important character of Christmas and is the integral part of this festive season.
11. The Christmas wreaths symbolizes the eternal life, faith and mercy. It is symbol of the light that Jesus brought into this world.
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12. The word Carol in Christmas carol has been derived from French word carole which means a circle dance accompanied by singers.
13. The main purpose of Christmas Carol is to spread the message and traditions of Christmas by singing merrily.
14. The song Jingle bells was originally written for Thanksgiving but later it became the most popular Christmas carol. And it was the first song broadcast from space.
15. The credit of Christmas stocking goes to the legend St. Nicholas who was well known for his generosity. Once he visited a poor family and kept bags of gold in the stocking.
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16. One interesting fact about mistletoe is that the evergreen leaves of mistletoe represents life does not die. It is the symbol of love and luck.
17. 12 days of Christmas marks the time period between the birth of Jesus and coming of the Magi, the three wise men.
18. Statue Of Liberty was the biggest Christmas gift by France to USA.
19. Angels are placed on the top of Christmas tree as angels are messenger of God. They played a vital role during Jesus birth as they appeared over Bethlehem to announce the birth of Jesus.
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20. The significance of red and green colors are red represents the blood of Jesus when he died on the cross and green represents everlasting life.
Comments
This was a really great read. I’m late to the party, I guess. My kids already knew that the red robes came from Coke, but I didn’t! LOL
These are some interesting facts. I learned a lot of new things. I know that Latvia and Estonia have fought for a long time over who can claim the site of the first decorated tree.
Those are some neat facts. I feel most were totally new to me. I never knew that Statue Of Liberty was a Christmas gift. That is neat
The Gospel of Luke says that Christ was born during the reign of Herod the Great. Herod the Great died 6 years BC.
Great history lesson. I knew the statue of liberty was a gift from France but didn’t know it was a Xmas gift!
This was awesome! I had no idea about the states or how Christmas trees came to be! Thanks for sharing!
It is nice to take a look at the history of Christmas. I think it is too easy to get caught up in things like materialism and trends, and forget about the true meanings behind the holidays.
Great facts! I never thought about the mistletoe and how it is a evergreen leaf! So cool and interesting. I will share these with my co-workers in an upcoming holiday trivia game!
Rudolph is a favorite for me too. I love the holidays.
Oh wow, I had no idea about a lot of these Christmas facts. The Christmas tree was worshiped, im stunned by this. Thanks so much for sharing all these, I am really blown away.
Wow. I did not know some of these facts about Christmas. I did not know that there were artificial Christmas trees as early as the 19th century.
Oww interesting! Amazing facts and they will know more about Christmas as they are growing up. Especially the X-mas thing.
So fun! I read these to my kids and they loved them! It’s always time to learn something new!