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Wednesday, 7 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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Tennis
The shortest Wimbledon match lasted for 34 minutes.
It took place in 1988 between Steffi Graf and Natasha Zvereva. Graf won 6:0, 6:0.
Oktoberfest
In 1892, the first electric amusement park was established.
The first electrically lit festival tents appeared there in 1901.
Tennis
Before 1875, tennis courts were hourglass-shaped.
The rectangle shape of the court was introduced for Wimbledon.
Harry Potter
Of the three main characters, only Hermione graduated from Hogwarts.
Christmas Tree
A Christmas tree is a decorated spruce or fir tree, or less often a pine tree.
Most often, these are natural trees, but there are also artificial ones.
Oktoberfest
When Oktoberfest celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1910, 12,000. hectoliters of beer were poured into mugs.
The largest beer tent at that time had space for 12 thousand of guests. Today, the largest festival hall, Hofbräu, houses 10 thousand places and is the largest beer tent at Oktoberfest.
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.
Christmas Tree
In Poland, gifts are placed under the tree on Christmas Eve and, depending on the region, they are brought by Santa Claus, Christmas, Baby Jesus or Santa Claus.
Traditions vary, in other countries, if there are gifts, they are given on Christmas Day.
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.
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 ...