Number one - Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer was created by the department store Montgomery Wards in 1939 for coloring books they gave away in their stores.
Number two - Frosty the Snowman was written by Dick Smith who was in a sanitarium at the time (that explains a lot), and the word Parson in "then pretend that he is Parson Brown" means minister - therefore it actually says "then pretend that he is Minister Brown" ... makes a bunch more sense when you finish ... "He'll say are you married we'll say no man, but you can do the job when you're in town."
Number three - More than 3 billion Christmas cards will be mailed in just the United States alone this year - yikes!
Number four - There are TWO versions of the animated cartoon hit "Rudolf the Red-Nose Reindeer", the first one in which Rudolf does NOT come back to The Island of Misfit Toys and the second version where he does come back with Santa. The first version only aired once and due to an avalanche of complaints it was changed before it aired the following year.
Number five - Coca Cola was the first company to use Santa in advertising and merchandising.
Number six - In 2012, "Twas The Night Before Christmas" was re-written to remove Santa smoking a pipe.
Number seven - The first state to make Christmas a holiday was Alabama, and the last was Oklahoma.
Number eight - The first Christmas Carol ever written in the United States was in 1649 and is called "Jesus is Born"
Number nine - Stockings began being hung by Chimneys when in Southern Europe a bag of gold was accidentally dropped down a chimney and landed in a stocking that was hung out to dry.
Number ten - What nationality is the Ginger Bread Man? He is German!
Ta-Da!! There you have it, ten things that I found on the internet about Christmas that I think are true!
Happy Holidays everyone, Joe Lizura.
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