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On this page:
- Dancing Elves
- Holiday Jokes
- Holiday Trivia
Dancing Elves: Check out your dancing Elves this year, performing in:
Ice, Ice, Baby (click to watch video) What does the Fox Say (click to watch video)
Dumb Holiday Jokes:
- Q: What do you call a snowman in July?
- A: puddle.
- Q: What do you call a bankrupt Santa?
- A: Saint Nickel-less.
- Q: Where Do Snowmen Go To Dance?
- A: To snowballs!
- Q: What kind of Christmas music do elves like?
- A: Wrap music!
- Q: How Do Abomibable Snowmen Greet Each Other?
- A: Ice to see you!
- Q: Which of Santa’s reindeer has the worst manners?
- A: Rude-olph!
- Q: What Did Frosty Call His Cow?
- A: Eskimoo
- Q: What did the peanut butter say to the grape on Christmas?
- A: ‘Tis the season to be jelly!
- Q: What's A Snowman's Favorite Breakfast?
- A: Frosted Flakes!
- Q: Did you hear about the man who stole an Advent Calendar?
- A: He got 25 days.
- Q: What did Adam say the day before Christmas?
- A: It’s Christmas, Eve!
- Q" Did you hear that Santa knows karate?
- A: He has a black belt.
- Q: How do you find the value of taking Yule the the xth power?
- A: You take the yule log
- Q: What do you call a snowman that can walk?
- A: Snow-mobile
- Q: What’s a parent’s favorite Christmas Carol?
- A: Silent night!
- Q: Why did Frosty ask for a divorce?
- A: His wife was a total flake
- Q: What does the Gingerbread Man use to make his bed?
- A: Cookie sheets!
- Q: Why was the snowman sad?
- A: Cause he had a meltdown.
- Q: Why did the Christmas tree go to the barber?
- A: It needed to be trimmed.
- Q: What do you call a snowman with a six pack?
- A: An abdominal snowman
- Q: What do you call Santa’s helpers?
- A: Subordinate Clauses.
- Q: What’s a sheep’s favourite Christmas song?
- A: Fleece Navidad.
- Q: What’s red and white and falls down chimneys?
- A: Santa Klutz.
- Q: What do you call a kid who doesn’t believe in Santa?
- A: A rebel without a Claus.
- Q: What’s St. Nicholas’s favorite measurement in the metric system?
- A: The Santameter!
- Q: Where do Christmas plants go to become stars?
- A: Holly-wood!
- Q: What do snowmen call their offspring?
- A: Chill-dren!
- Q: How can Santa deliver presents during a thunderstorm?
- A: His sleigh is flown by raindeer!
- Q: What do the elves call it when Father Christmas claps his hands at the end of a play?
- A: Santapplause!
- Q: What’s Jack Frost’s favourite part of the school day?
- A: Snow and tell.
- Q: What do sheep say to shepherds at Christmastime?
- A: Season’s bleatings!
- Q: “Why didn’t Rudolph get a good report card?”
- A: “Because he went down in History.”
- Q: What do you call a bunch of chess masters bragging about their skill in a hotel lobby?
- A: Chess nuts boasting in an open foyer.
- Q: What is Santa’s primary language?
- A: North Polish.
- Q: How did the ornament get addicted to Christmas?
- A: He was hooked on trees his whole life.
- Q: Why was Santa’s little helper feeling depressed?
- A: Because he had low elf esteem.
- Q: What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus?
- A: Claustrophobic.
- Q: What did the reindeer say before telling his joke?
- A: This one’ll sleigh you!
Holiday Trivia:
Over 25% of all emails are sent during the holidays.
By the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas song, your home is crammed with 23 flying birds and 50 hyperactive humans.
On Black Friday, 55% of parents check the availability of items on their smartphones prior to going to the store. (iab.net)
7.5 million barrels of cranberries are produced annually.
33 million real Christmas trees are sold in the U.S. each year.
Norwegian scientists have hypothesized that Rudolph’s red nose is probably the result of a parasitic infection of his respiratory system.
The Germans made the first artificial Christmas trees out of dyed goose feathers.
Each year more than 3 billion Christmas cards are sent in the U.S. alone
The “true love” mentioned in the song “Twelve Days of Christmas” does not refer to a romantic couple, but the Catholic Church’s code for God. The person who receives the gifts represents someone who has accepted that code. For example, the “partridge in a pear tree” represents Christ. The “two turtledoves” represent the Old and New Testaments.
According to data analyzed from Facebook posts, two weeks before Christmas is one of the two most popular times for couples to break up. However, Christmas Day is the least favorite day for breakups.[14]
Most of Santa’s reindeer have male-sounding names, such as Blitzen, Comet, and Cupid. However, male reindeers shed their antlers around Christmas, so the reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh are likely not male, but female.
In A.D. 350, Pope Julius I, bishop of Rome, proclaimed December 25 the official celebration date for the birthday of Christ
According to the Guinness world records, the tallest Christmas tree ever cut was a 221-foot Douglas fir that was displayed in 1950 at the Northgate Shopping Center in Seattle, Washington.
The traditional three colors of Christmas are green, red, and gold. Green has long been a symbol of life and rebirth; red symbolizes the blood of Christ, and gold represents light as well as wealth and royalty.
The world’s largest Christmas stocking measured 106 feet and 9 inches (32.56 m) long and 49 feet and 1 inch (14.97 m) wide. It weighed as much as five reindeer and held almost 1,000 presents. It was made by the Children’s Society in London on December 14, 2007.
Christmas trees have been sold in the U.S. since 1850
Christmas trees usually grow for about 15 years before they are sold.
Many European countries believed that spirits, both good and evil, were active during the Twelve Days of Christmas. These spirits eventually evolved into Santa’s elves, especially under the influence of Clement C. Moore’s The Night Before Christmas (1779-1863) illustrated by Thomas Nast (1840-1902).
Each year there are approximately 20,000 “rent-a-Santas” across the United States. “Rent-a-Santas” usually undergo seasonal training on how to maintain a jolly attitude under pressure from the public. They also receive practical advice, such as not accepting money from parents while children are looking and avoiding garlic, onions, or beans for lunch.
Bolivians celebrate Misa del Gallo or “Mass of the Rooster” on Christmas Eve. Some people bring roosters to the midnight mass, a gesture that symbolizes the belief that a rooster was the first animal to announce the birth of Jesus.
The British wear paper crowns while they eat Christmas dinner. The crowns are stored in a tube called a “Christmas cracker.”
In Poland, spiders or spider webs are common Christmas trees decorations because according to legend, a spider wove a blanket for Baby Jesus. In fact, Polish people consider spiders to be symbols of goodness and prosperity at Christmas.
Alabama was the first state in the United States to officially recognize Christmas in 1836.
Christmas wasn’t declared an official holiday in the United States until June 26, 1870.
Oklahoma was the last U.S. state to declare Christmas a legal holiday, in 1907.
Evergreens (from the Old English word aefie meaning “always” and gowan meaning “to grow”) have been symbols of eternal life and rebirth since ancient times. The pagan use and worship of evergreen boughs and trees has evolved into the Christianized Christmas tree.
Ancient peoples, such as the Druids, considered mistletoe sacred because it remains green and bears fruit during the winter when all other plants appear to die. Druids would cut the plant with golden sickles and never let it touch the ground. They thought it had the power to cure infertility and nervous diseases and to ward off evil.
Mistletoe (Viscum album) is from the Anglo-Saxon word misteltan, which means “little dung twig” because the plant spreads though bird droppings.
Because they viewed Christmas as a decadent Catholic holiday, the Puritans in America banned all Christmas celebrations from 1659-1681 with a penalty of five shillings for each offense. Some Puritan leaders condemned those who favored Christmas as enemies of the Christian religion.
A Yule log is an enormous log that is typically burned during the Twelve Days of Christmas (December 25-January 6). Some scholars suggest that the word yule means “revolution” or “wheel,” which symbolizes the cyclical return of the sun. A burning log or its charred remains is said to offer health, fertility, and luck as well as the ability to ward off evil spirits.
Because of their pagan associations, both the holly (associated with the masculine principle) and the ivy (the feminine) and other green boughs in home decoration were banned by the sixth-century Christian Council of Braga.
The poinsettia is native to Mexico and was cultivated by the Aztecs, who called the plant Cuetlaxochitl (“flower which wilts”). For the Aztecs, the plant’s brilliant red color symbolized purity, and they often used it medicinally to reduce fever. Contrary to popular belief, the poinsettia is not poisonous, but holly berries are.
Christmas has its roots in pagan festivals such as Saturnalia (December 17-December 23), the Kalends (January 1 -5, the precursor to the Twelve Days of Christmas), and Deus Sol Invictus or Birthday of the Unconquerable Sun (December 25). The Christian church heartily disapproved of such celebrations and co-opted the pagans by declaring December 25 as Christ’s day of birth, though there is no evidence Christ was born on that day.
Santa Claus is based on a real person, St. Nikolas of Myra (also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker, Bishop Saint Nicholas of Smyrna, and Nikolaos of Bari), who lived during the fourth century. Born in Patara (in modern-day Turkey), he is the world’s most popular non-Biblical saint, and artists have portrayed him more often than any other saint except Mary. He is the patron saint of banking, pawnbroking, pirating, butchery, sailing, thievery, orphans, royalty, and New York City.
Early illustrations of St. Nicholas depict him as stern, commanding, and holding a birch rod. He was more a symbol of discipline and punishment than the jolly, overweight elf children know today.
Wassail is from the Old Norse ves heill, meaning “good health.”
Christmas stockings allegedly evolved from three sisters who were too poor to afford a marriage dowry and were, therefore, doomed to a life of prostitution. They were saved, however, when the wealthy Bishop Saint Nicholas of Smyrna (the precursor to Santa Claus) crept down their chimney and generously filled their stockings with gold coins.
The Viking god Odin is one precursor to the modern Santa Claus. According to myth, Odin rode his flying horse, Sleipnir (a precursor to Santa’s reindeer), who had eight legs. In the winter, Odin gave out both gifts and punishments, and children would fill their boots or stockings with treats for Sleipnir.
There are two competing claims as to which president was the first to place a Christmas tree in the White House. Some scholars say President Franklin Pierce did in 1856; others say President Benjamin Harrison brought in the first tree in 1889. President Coolidge started the White House lighting ceremony in 1923.
President Teddy Roosevelt, an environmentalist, banned Christmas trees from the White House in 1901.
It is estimated that the single “White Christmas” by Irving Berlin is the best selling single of all time, with over 100 million sales worldwide.
The first person to decorate a Christmas tree was reportedly the Protestant reformer Martin Luther (1483-1546). According to legend, he was so moved by the beauty of the stars shining between the branches of a fir tree, he brought home an evergreen tree and decorated it with candles to share the image with his children.
The first printed reference to a Christmas tree was in 1531 in Germany.
Christmas is a contraction of “Christ’s Mass,” which is derived from the Old English Cristes mæsse (first recorded in 1038). The letter “X” in Greek is the first letter of Christ, and “Xmas” has been used as an abbreviation for Christmas since the mid 1500s.
In 1962, the first Christmas postage stamp was issued in the United States.
In Germany, Heiligabend, or Christmas Eve, is said to be a magical time when the pure in heart can hear animals talking.
The earliest known Christmas tree decorations were apples. At Christmastime, medieval actors would use apples to decorate paradise trees (usually fir trees) during “Paradise Plays,” which were plays depicting Adam and Eve’s creation and fall
Commissioned by Sir Henry Cole (1808-1883), British illustrator John Callcott Horsley (1817-1903) invented the first Christmas card in 1843.
Christmas purchases account for 1/6 of all retail sales in the U.S.[8]
According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), there are 2,106 million children under age 18 in the world. If there are on average 2.5 children per household, Santa would have to make 842 million stops on Christmas Eve, traveling 221 million miles. To reach all 842 million stops, Santa would need to travel between houses in 2/10,000 second, which means he would need to accelerate 12.19 million miles (20.5 billion meters) per second on each stop. The force of this acceleration would reduce Santa to “chunky salsa.”
During the Christmas season, nearly 28 sets of LEGO are sold every second.
Many of the most popular Christmas songs, such as “White Christmas,” “Winter Wonderland,” “Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire),” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” were written or co-written by Jewish composers.
Tiny Tim in Charles Dickens' classic novella A Christmas Carol was almost named "Little Fred."
Assuming Rudolph was in front, there are 40,320 ways to rearrange the other reindeer.
The word "nog" is from the word "grog," meaning any drink made from rum.
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, over 14,700 people in the United States end up in the ER each November and December from holiday decorating accidents.
In the United States, dried Christmas trees cause an estimated 100 fires, resulting in about 10 deaths and 15.7 million in property damage.