Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 25, 2013
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It would cost more than $25,000 to buy all the gifts in The 12 Days of Christmas at today's prices. Christmas was not an official holiday in America until 1870! The bones of St. Nicholas- Santa Claus- are kept in Bari, Italy, where they were taken in the 11th century from Turkey.
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Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
So Christmas has been going on in the home of the free and land of the brave for 143 years?! Wow. Merry Christmas, “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” readers.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 10 years ago
One time I saw a chukar, a kind of partridge, in a pear tree.
noreenklose over 10 years ago
Merry Christmas to all of you!
Frogman_tg over 10 years ago
Space_cat over 10 years ago
We’re smearing ourselves with mud and burning the entrails of a sacrificed animal tonight in celebration of…. What’s this I hear about a “Pagan ritual?” Sounds like fun!
GokaiGold over 10 years ago
Merry Christmas, Ripley’s fans! which country beside America celebrates Christmas first before 1870’s?
edclectic over 10 years ago
So, it was never really Christmas in the U.S. until the government made it official?
Stephen Gilberg over 10 years ago
Plus, the lyrics imply a new partridge on each day, two new turtledoves on each of 11 days, etc. In 1995, students estimated a $300K total.
Fuzzy Thinker Premium Member over 10 years ago
Some researchers hypothesize that persecuted Christians chose to celebrate the birth of Jesus when the other faiths were celebrating their big days so the Christian’s activities would be inconspicuous.