Surprising Christmas Facts You Didn’t Know

Think you know Christmas? Think again. 🎅 First—December 25th isn’t actually mentioned

in the Bible as Jesus’s birthday. The date was chosen later, possibly to align

with ancient pagan winter festivals. And that word “Xmas”? It’s not disrespectful at all—the “X” comes

from the Greek letter Chi, the first letter in Christos, meaning Christ.

Here’s a wild one—in Japan, Christmas dinner often means fried chicken from KFC,

thanks to a genius marketing campaign in the 1970s. That red-nosed reindeer we all love?

Rudolph was literally created as an ad for the American store Montgomery Ward.

And those sweet mince pies? They used to contain actual meat, not just fruit and