Christmas pudding was first made as a kind of soup with raisins and wine in it

Each year between 34-36 million Christmas trees are produced to cope with holiday demand

The Queen's Christmas speech was televised for the first time in 1957

In Germany, Twelfth Night is known as 'Three Kings Day'

In Italy it isn't Santa who brings gifts for the children but kindly witch La Befana

The first Christmas stamp was released in Canada in 1898

It wasn't until about 200 years after Christ's death that Christians even thought about celebrating his birth

St Frances of Assisi introduced Christmas Carols to formal church services

In the nineteenth century, the British Post Office used to deliver cards on Christmas morning

Christmas Pudding originates from an old, Celtic dish known as 'frumenty'