Tag: Christmas
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Christmas Fun Fact #4
Ugly Christmas sweaters reached peak popularity sometime during the 80s and became a Christmas party trend in 2001. From 2001 onwards, people would wear colorful holiday sweaters ironically in honor of the Christmas season.
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Christmas Fun Fact #3
35 million potted poinsettia plants are sold in the U.S. every year, making them the most popular potted plant in the U.S. Poinsettias are actually a Mexican plant that flowers in the winter. Its U.S. name comes from the US Ambassador to Mexico, Joel Roberts Poinsett, who introduced the flower in 1825.
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Christmas Fun Fact #2
Why do we kiss under mistletoe? In an old Norse legend, Frigga, the goddess of love, had a son named Baldr. To protect her beloved son, Frigga made every creature and everything promise not to harm him, with the exception of mistletoe. The trickster god, Loki, learned this and tricked Hoth, Baldr’s blind brother, into…
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The Christmas Story Retold By a Coconut(and Guest)
Throughout the ages, we have longed for a Messiah, a savior to rescue us from oppression. The holy scriptures foretold that He shall be called Emmanuel, God with us. Now in the fullness of time, our Messiah has arrived. Now, we shall bring forth the tale of our Saviour’s coming. Listen to the story of…
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Christmas Fun Fact #1
Evergreen trees (spruce, pine, or fir trees), ivy, holly, and mistletoe are Christmas staples because they are some of the few plants that are green/flowering through the winter season.
The Writing Coconut 