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Knecht Ruprecht
, a figure in
Germanic
folklore
, is often depicted as traveling with
Santa Claus
?
Facts on topics related to Knecht Ruprecht
Christmas Day
Robert Louis Stevenson
donated his birthday, by formal
deed
, to
Henry Clay Ide
's daughter, Anne, because she was born on
Christmas Day
?
in 1937,
Harry Osman
was the last
footballer
to score a goal on
Christmas Day
at
Southampton
's
The Dell
stadium?
the world's first all-electronic
television
receiver was demonstrated on
Christmas Day
,
1926
by the
Japanese
researcher
Kenjiro Takayanagi
?
Christmas
Christmas
is traditionally celebrated in
Agnone
,
Italy
, with a torchlight parade known as
Ndocciata
?
(2006 event pictured)
Ludwig I of Bavaria
was inspired to commission the
Court Church of All Saints
(pictured)
in the
Munich Residence
after attending
Christmas
mass
at the
Palatine Chapel
in
Palermo
?
Mayor
Tom Weisner
once considered outlawing untimely holiday decorations, when citizens of
Aurora, Illinois
, complained of
Christmas
decorations abounding during the summer?
Chrissy Snow
from the
American
sitcom
Three's Company
was actually named "
Christmas
Snow
"?
Doctor Who spoofs
range from a 1964 novelty
Christmas
single by the
Go-Go's
called "I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With A
Dalek
" to two sketches on
Saturday Night Live
?
Hugo Jaeger
'
s personal collection of photographs includes
colour shots
of
Adolf Hitler
on a cruise in 1939 and of the
Nazi
leader attending a
Christmas
party in 1941?
Tirggel
, traditional
Christmas
cookies
from
Switzerland
, are said to have originated as
pagan
offertory
cakes, cut in the shape of
sacrificial animals
?
collecting
Toyon
branches for
Christmas
became so popular in
Los Angeles, California
in the
1920s
, that the state passed a
law
forbidding collecting?
in the
Catalan
region of
Spain
, a
Caganer
is often tucked away in some corner of a
Christmas
Nativity scene
where he is not easily noticed, because he is
defecating
?
shortly before
Christmas
1942
, an alleged
Nazi
spy
was captured by the
Garda
in
Castletownroche
, a small
Irish
village?
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