LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 19: An actor dressed as Santa poses for photographs next to a Christmas window display at Selfridges on October 19, 2017 in London, England. Selfridges is the first department store in the world to unveil its Christmas windows and full in-store displays led by the theme "With Love From", a celebration of both the cities Selfridges calls home and people coming together. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
We celebrate it every single year, but there is a lot we don’t know about Christmas. Here are some things you probably didn’t know about Christmas:
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An estimated 1 of 3 people worldwide celebrate Christmas
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About 36 million Christmas trees are produced each year on Christmas tree farms
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The French gave the biggest Christmas present ever in 1886. It was the Statue of Liberty, and they gave it to the United States of America.
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Santa wore a variety of colorful suits through the years — including red, blue, white, and green — but legend has it that the popular image of his red coat came from a 1930s ad by Coca Cola.
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Jingle Bells was originally a Thanksgiving song. It was first performed at Thanksgiving church service. Bonus fact: It’s also the first song broadcast from space
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Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that an average of 15,000 Americans visit hospital emergency rooms each November and December from holiday-related decorating accidents
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The world-wide highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time is How the Grinch Stole Christmas starring Jim Carrey
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The post office will send around 28.2 million packages around Christmas time.
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Lots of couples break up two weeks before Christmas. In fact this period is the second most common time of the year for couples to split.