12-24-2013, 09:39 AM
Christmas around the world
Did you know...?
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-Many Japanese people traditionally eat at KFC for Christmas dinner, thanks to a successful marketing campaign 40 years ago. KFC is so popular that customers must place their Christmas orders 2 months in advance.
-The people of Oslo, Norway donate the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree every year in gratitude to the people of London for their assistance during WWII.
-In 1918 and for the past 40 years, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia has sent the city of Boston a giant Christmas tree as a thank you for their support after the 1917 Halifax explosion.
- In Australia, Christmas Day falls in the middle of the summer school holiday and not only December 25th, but also December 26th, are public holidays.
-A village in Peru settles their grudges by fist fighting on the Christmas day, then go drinking and start the New Year off on a clean slate (kinda the same for many American families
).
-Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen is the only record to get the UK Christmas Singles Chart Number One twice, once in 1975 and again in 1991.
Did you know...?
-Many Japanese people traditionally eat at KFC for Christmas dinner, thanks to a successful marketing campaign 40 years ago. KFC is so popular that customers must place their Christmas orders 2 months in advance.
-The people of Oslo, Norway donate the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree every year in gratitude to the people of London for their assistance during WWII.
-In 1918 and for the past 40 years, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia has sent the city of Boston a giant Christmas tree as a thank you for their support after the 1917 Halifax explosion.
- In Australia, Christmas Day falls in the middle of the summer school holiday and not only December 25th, but also December 26th, are public holidays.
-A village in Peru settles their grudges by fist fighting on the Christmas day, then go drinking and start the New Year off on a clean slate (kinda the same for many American families
).-Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen is the only record to get the UK Christmas Singles Chart Number One twice, once in 1975 and again in 1991.