We've got 70 fun Christmas facts that'll fill you—and anyone you're chatting with—with the magic of the holidays! RELATED: 30 Amazing Christmas Trees Facts to Make the Holidays Extra Magical.

Launched in the late-1840s and known as ‘Bangs of Expectation’, Tom Smith’s crackers sparked a whole new Christmas custom, later evolving to include jokes, hats, gifts and jewellery.

Though the words “White Christmas” likely evoke images of a snow-packed street or immediately bring to mind one of the most ...

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The holiday classic—which could have starred Jack Nicholson as The Old Man Parker—has cemented its legacy as a Christmas classic. Discover these fascinating facts about "Home Alone," the John ...

Every year on Christmas Eve, nine reindeer pull Santa ... Here are 3 VERIFIED facts about the real animals that inspired our favorite fictional reindeer. There isn’t a clear-cut answer to ...

Here are some of the facts they unwrap… Charles Dickens’s father, John, worked as a naval clerk, but the family struggled with money. Just before Christmas 1823, his father, mother and ...