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Monday, 19 January 2026
17 facts about Christmas Tree
17 facts about Christmas Tree
An iconic symbol
It is the most characteristic symbol of Christmas and its indispensable element, without which it is difficult to imagine the holidays. Green, fragran ...

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Cricket
England holds the most losses in International Cricket—currently at 691.
At the same time, the national team played the most games—currently at 1,885.
StarCraft
The original plans for StarCraft were to tell the story of space vampires.
The light was shed on this unusual idea by former Blizzard Entertainment vice president Chris Metzen ...
Golf
One of the greatest achievements in golf is hitting the ball into the hole in one shot.
Such a hit is called a hole-in-one, and it is estimated that such a chance is 1 in 12.000 strokes.
Halloween
Trick-or-treating evolved from “mumming” or “souling”.
It was a Scottish and Irish medieval tradition for kids to dress up as ghosts and venture from house to house, performing tricks, songs, and poems in exchange for food and drink.
Tennis
The oldest tennis court, the Royal Tennis Court, is in use to this day.
It was built between 1526 and 1529 in Hampton Court Palace for Cardinal Wolsey, the second most powe ...
Christmas Tree
Since the time of Saint Francis of Assisi's main symbol of Christmas was a nativity scene with baby Jesus in a manger, with Mary and Joseph, and over time, more decorations and figures were added.
Nativity scenes became popular in temples and homes of wealthy people.
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving has its historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, but it has also long been celebrated as a secular holiday.
In most religions and cultures, special ceremonies and prayers of thanksgiving after the harvest of ...
Golf
Golf is a sport that can be played all over the world.
There are more than 34.000 golf courses in more than 200 countries around the world. The average pla ...
Cricket
There are three major variants of cricket—the Three Formats.
They are Test matches, One-Day Internationals (ODI), and Twenty20 Internationals, with Test matches being the traditional form.
Thanksgiving
Associated with Thanksgiving is the Feast of Friends.
Usually, Thanksgiving is celebrated with a family meal. Since 2010, a new tradition has emerged invo ...