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Yule and Christmas Secular activity ideas to enjoy the festive spirit of the season.

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920 films have the word 'Christmas' in their titles - now there's a future list!
6,000 gallons of fkae snow were used to make the 1946 Christmas film 'It's A Wonderful Life'
Charlie Chaplins and WC Fields both died on Christmas Day
Carols weren't sung in churches until they were introduced by St Francis of Assisi in the 13th century
Christmas Pudding was originally a soup laced with wine and raisins
Reindeer keep warm in the Arctic by eating moss
We spend £17 billion on festive food and drink
Around 9 million Christmas trees have been bought in Britain this year - enough to fill The Albert Hall 3 times over!
The first festive stamp was issued in Cananda in 1898
Santa has to visit 822 homes a second to deliver all the world's presents in one night!
Reindeer love eating bananas
Oliver Cromwell abolished Christmas in 1649, declaring it a working day
12 million turkeys will get eaten this Christmas
32 square miles of wrapping paper ended up in rubbish bins last year
Brits will waste £1.4 billion on unwanted Christmas gifts.
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