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Thursday, 21 May 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
A score of 111 is considered unlucky.
It resembles a ball-less wicket. Fans believe that “the Nelson,” as it is referred to, bodes ill for ...
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 ...
Jurassic Park
Although the name of the film points to a specific time in the Mesozoic era, the animals depicted in the story lived during different periods.
Most of the dinosaurs appearing in the story (such as Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, and Triceratops) ...
Harry Potter
The Sorting Hat was usually able to assign new students to specific houses without any problems.
Three people are known to have had problems with the sorting ceremony. They are Minerva McGonagall, ...
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a holiday more celebrated by many Americans than Christmas.
During this holiday, as a rule, the whole family gets together. Many people travel, often to the oth ...
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day is a federal holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the US and Canada.
The holiday is also celebrated in Grenada (an island nation in the Caribbean Sea), Saint Lucia (an i ...
Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest is the world’s largest folk festival held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
It lasts from mid or late September to the first Sunday in October, for 16 to 18 days.
Volleyball
The origins of volleyball can be traced back to 1895, when the director of physical education at the YMCA, William George Morgan, proposed the creation of a new game, which he called Mintonette.
Ideas for this first version of volleyball were taken from a number of games such as tennis, basketball, and handball.
Halloween
First Jack-o’-lanterns were carved from turnips, beets, or potatoes.
Pumpkins became popular once the holiday spread in the U.S.
Christmas Tree
A Christmas tree was also combined with a nativity scene, thanks to which the Catholic and Evangelical traditions were intertwined.
In the Eastern Church, especially in the Slavic circle, the Christmas tree was adopted as a sign of ...