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Friday, 24 April 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
The man responsible for creating the fashion for cricket was William Gilbert Grace (1848-1915).
He was an amateur cricketer from England whose accomplishments and innovations popularized the sport ...
Golf
Golf has even been played on the moon.
This was done by astronaut Alan Shepard in 1971 during the Apollo 14 mission. He placed a golf ball ...
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 ...
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.
Halloween
The Celts celebrated the new year on October 1st.
On one hand, they celebrated the harvest and the end of the summer season, on the other feared the u ...
Volleyball
The men’s volleyball world championship was first held in 1949.
The USSR team has the most victories (six).
Halloween
The Guinness World Record for most lit Jack-o’-lanterns on display is 30,581.
The record belongs to the City of Keene, New Hampshire.
Christmas Tree
The Catholic Church was initially skeptical about this new custom, but over time, it accepted it and gave it new meaning.
The tree became the equivalent of the biblical paradise "tree of the knowledge of good and evil", so small red apples were placed on it, reminding us of original sin.
Volleyball
Although the seated volleyball variant was invented for people with disabilities, it is also practiced by people without disabilities.
The court for sitting volleyball is 10 meters by 6 meters and the net is suspended at a height of 115 cm (men) and 105 cm (women). The discipline made its debut at the 1980 Paralympics.
Volleyball
In 1900, William George Morgan approached A.G. Spalding & Bros. to produce a ball suitable for volleyball.
Three designs were created. The first was a latex bladder made from a material resembling a bicycle ...