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Christmas Tidbits From Holiday Traditions
A quirky roundup of Christmas lore and facts including Pope Julius I setting December 25 as the birth date, carols origin, Santa’s postal code, Jingle Bells’s Thanksgiving roots, misnamed mistletoe meaning, and the 12 Days of Christmas gift cost rising from $12,673 in 1984 to over $24,000 in 2011 with the swans as the priciest gift.
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Julius I
Rome
Jesus Christ
Christ
Jesus
Santa Claus
Knickerbockers
New York
Clement Clarke Moore
St. Nicholas
Moore
Santa
United States
Turkey
Mary
Church of the Nativity
Bethlehem
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