Christmas facts

There was only 7 white Christmases in the twentieth century.
The last time we had a white Christmas was in 2004 but we missed out in southeast England.
An old wives' tale says that bread baked on Christmas Eve will never go mouldly.
The 25th December was not celebrated as the brith of Christ until AD 440.
Each year 34-36 million Christmas trees are made to cope with the demand.
Between 1647 and 1660 Christmas was banned by the Puritain party.
Postmen in victorian England were popularly called 'robins'.