CHRISTMAS TRIVIA!!!!!!
I have collected these tidbits of Christmas nonsense over the years through a varied assortment of sources. I have researched all facts before posting them today for the very reason that I can't remember where I got most of these facts. Of course, if you type in Christmas trivia in a search engine you could probably find out all that I'm about to tell you...but I'm more interesting so you'll probably stick around.
Allegedly, Martin Luther started the tradition of decorating the Christmas tree. There is no "proof" for this, but it is a popular theory.
The Nutcracker was originally a story written by a German author named E. T. A. Hoffmann.
In the ballet, the main girl is usually referred to as Clara, but sometimes she is named Maria. This is because in 1847 Alexandre Dumas rewrote the story, taking out some of the darker elements and renaming Clara, Maria.
Silver Bells, was originally supposed to be Tinkle Bells.
Miracle on 34th street was a movie before it was a book.
The abbreviation for Christmas, Xmas, actually as religious orgins. In Greek, Jesus' name began with the Greek character chi, which looked like an X. The X was therefore used in representation of the word Christ.
The song "White Christmas" came from an old musical, which is fairly well known, but what isn't as well known is that it came from the musical "Holiday Inn," and not the musical "White Christmas." In fact, the song "White Christmas" does not even appear in the movie of the same title.
The star on top of a tree symbolizes the star that the Magi saw which led them to Jesus.
One of Santa's reindeer as two names. That would be Donder/Donner. After research I'm still not sure how the name was changed, the different stories are too conflicting, but changed it was.
1 comment:
hahaha love it! oh oh thanks to you I learned something new toay... I did not know that about the Donner\Donder name... Very in..ter..est..ting... :) ha I'm never too ol to learn somethin' new!
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