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Saturday, 3 October 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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Harry Potter
Initially, Rowling had trouble getting her work published.
The typescript she submitted was rejected by 12 publishers. It wasn’t until the London-based Bloomsbury publishing house decided to publish the book.
Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest was partially suspended due to World War I.
Two years after the war, the festival was replaced by the “fall festival.” In the following years, due to the economic crisis and hyperinflation, no one considered a beer festival.
Golf
An essential piece of equipment for any golfer is a pitch-fork.
This is a small fork that is used to immediately repair all damage caused by the player on the area ...
StarCraft
Before StarCraft II was released, Blizzard released a DLC to the first game.
Brood War was released in late 1998 and supplemented the gameplay with a continuation of the storyli ...
Tennis
The fastest tennis serves ever recorded belong to Sam Groth at 263.4 km/h.
Groth scored his record during the 2012 Busan Open Challenger Tennis.
Cricket
The first Test match took place in 1877.
It was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between Australia and England, with the Aussies claiming the victory.
Christmas Tree
The first Christmas tree in St. Peter's Square Peter in the Vatican appeared on Christmas 1982, in the fourth year of the pontificate of John Paul II.
John Paul II introducing the tradition of the Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square emphasized that i ...
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 ...
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.
Cricket
The longest cricket match lasted for two weeks.
It pitted England against South Africa and took place in 1939. After 14 days it had to be declared as a draw since the ship with English players was due to return home.