Ten Weird Facts You didn't Know About Christmas.

1. Christmas trees usually grow for about 15 years before they are sold.

2. Santa has a real postal zip code.

3. Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer’ was created as a promotion for Montgomery Ward.

4. ’Jingle Bells’ was written for Thanksgiving, not Christmas.

5. Candy canes used to be “pure white”.

6. All letters addressed to Santa in the United States go to Santa Claus, Indiana.

7. Many of the perpetually open Denny’s restaurants were built without locks, which was problematic when they decided to close down for Christmas for the first time in 1988.

8. In Austria, Greece, Italy, Spain and Germany, workers get a Christmas bonus of one month’s salary by law.

9. Nearly all of the most popular Christmas songs including ‘Winter Wonderland’, ‘Chestnuts roasting…’, and ‘I’m Dreaming of a white Christmas’ were written by Jews.

10. Japanese people traditionally eat at KFC for Christmas dinner, thanks to a successful marketing campaign 40 years ago. KFC is so popular that customers must place their Christmas orders 2 months in advance.