This was a real surprise to me because I thought Christmas was always an official holiday in the United States but it wasn’t until 1836 when Alabama was the first state to declare Christmas a legal holiday. Other states followed and by 1907, Oklahoma was the last state to make Christmas a legal holiday. More fun facts from the Farmers’ Almanac.
Scroll down in my blog to read more Christmas trivia from days 1-6.
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When someone says berries, we think of strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, etc and they are all really good to eat. But there are many berries that are poisonous. One of them is the holly berry that we associate with Christmas. Eating more than three holly berries can cause severe and prolonged nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, as well as drowsiness.
Originating in Germany in the 1600’s, the first tinsel was actually made from a paper thin silver alloy, cut into strips and hung on the Christmas tree. Even with the tinsel that is sold in stores today, putting the individual little strips on the tree is hard and even harder to get it all off which is why a lot of people have probably stopped adding the shiny stuff to their Christmas trees. It may make the tree sparkle but it’s still a mess.
In the traditional song, “The 12 Days of Christmas,” four 
