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• [Festival fact 1]  Puritans hated Christmas celebrations. To them, it had “no biblical justification” and only led to immoral behavior. It was banned in England in the 1650s, leading to pro-Christmas rioting. It was also banned in the Puritan colonies (including Boston), where it only became popular after 1776.

  Festival, People source

• [Festival fact 2]  People in Ireland leave out Guinness for Santa on Christmas Eve.

  Beverages, Festival source

• [Festival fact 3]  Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a National Holiday in 1863 during the Civil War to keep the country together.

  Festival, President, War source

• [Festival fact 4]  In Israel, on Yom Kippur eve, so much of the population is observing the holiday that the streets are almost completely empty, and secular Israelis have made it a holiday tradition to bike and rollerblade through the empty streets.

  Countries, Festival source

• [Festival fact 5]  A giant snowman named Snowzilla is created every year in Anchorage, Alaska. In 2008, the city attempted to stop the creation of Snowzilla, and on Christmas morning there were sign-carrying snowmen "protesting" that attempt in front of city hall.

  Festival, Places source

• [Festival fact 6]  Dickens' A Christmas Carol is largely responsible for modern Christmas celebrations.

  Books, Festival source

• [Festival fact 7]  The third Monday in January is typically considered to be ‘Blue Monday’, allegedly the most depressing day of the year. Factors contributing to this theory include debt, miserable weather, post-Christmas blues, failing New Year’s resolutions and low motivation.

  Festival, People source

• [Festival fact 8]  The Christmas pickle is a supposedly German tradition, where you hide a pickle in the Christmas tree, and whoever finds it first gets a reward. Apparently, this is a well-known tradition in the US, but not of German origin and in fact completely unknown in Germany.

  Festival, Food source

• [Festival fact 9]  Father’s Day was a Catholic celebration dating back to at least 1508 in Europe. Today, it is celebrated worldwide and falls on many different days, mostly in March or June. Regional traditions are attached to the celebration, like Germany, which celebrates men hiking with wagons of alcohol.

  Countries, Festival source

• [Festival fact 10]  During Christmas 2000/New Year's Eve 2001, Czech TV suffered a bizarre crisis that, among other things, left the public channel off the air for 2 days.

  Festival, Television source

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