StoreRight Self Storage would like to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and would also like to share some Christmas facts we have come across.
Christmas Facts
- The ideas of elves came from the modern day versions of “Nature folk” described in Pagan religions of the past.
- It was once believed that any women who went under mistletoe and was not kissed would not marry the coming year.
- If counted all the gifts that were given in the song “Twelve Days of Christmas ” one would realize that the numbers of gifts being presented were 364 in total, thus a gift for each day of the year.
- The use of evergreen trees to celebrate the winter season occurred before the birth of Christ.
- A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of the pig prepared with mustard.
- After ” A Christmas Carol ” , Charles Dickens wrote several other Christmas stories, one each year, but none was as successful as the original.
- The first printed reference to Christmas Trees appeared in Germany in 1531.
- The custom of singing Christmas carols is very old- the earliest English collection was published in 1521.
- The tradition of Christmas lights dates back to when Christians were persecuted for saying Mass. A simple candle in the window meant that Mass would be celebrated there that night.
