Here is a list of 15 fun facts about Christmas to share with your friends and family! There are a lot of new things to know about this very old holiday. Get your cozy socks and your hot chocolate and let’s get going! Happy holidays everyone!
- The popular song “Jingle Bells” was not originally written for Christmas.
- One of the oldest written records of the Christmas tree was in Riga, Latvia in 1510.
- Around 1.3 billion Christmas cards are sent each year.
- It takes anywhere from 4 to 15 years to grow a Christmas tree, depending on the species.
- The Guinness world record holder for the most expensive Christmas tree is 11 million dollars at the Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi.
- In the song “Twelve Days of Christmas” 364 presents are listed.
- 25-30 million Christmas trees are cut down each year.
- Christmas is the second rarest day to be born on other than February 29.
- The tallest cut Christmas tree in the world was 212 feet Douglas fir in Seattle, Washington.
- Some sources say that candy canes were originally invented in 17th century Germany to keep kids quiet during church.
- Santa’s headquarters, his official home, are in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland
- There is a website run by Google called Santa Tracker where you can see a delivery time for Santa as well as a map where you can see where he currently is.
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was invented by Robert L. May in 1939.
- The song Frosty the Snowman was made in 1950.
- Krampus is the dark version of Santa who punishes naughty children around Christmas time.
Jennifer Ramirez • Jan 30, 2026 at 11:00 am
Would it be better if we used artificial trees so we don’t cut down real trees, or are real trees still better than the production and plastic used in artificial trees? I’d be interested to know.
Abby Garant • Feb 4, 2026 at 12:55 pm
We did a debate on this in Mrs. Behr’s class! I was on the real tree side. The main argument for artificial trees was the allergies but since an equal amount of people are allergic to fake trees as real ones because of the allergens used in the materials, the argument isn’t as solid. Most tree companies use plots of land where they plant as many if not twice as many trees as they cut down. Since the plastics in artificial trees are horrible for the environment, real trees are much more environmentally conscious.