Well, I think we all know how much I love a bit of trivia! So here's some festive facts I've found around the internet!

1. The 3 Kings in the nativity were called Casper, Balthazar and Melchior
2. The Queen has made a TV Christmas message since 1957. But they were only live for 3 years until she started pre-recording them in 1960.
3. Sir Isaac Newton's birthday was on Christmas day.
4. In Japan, Father Christmas is known as Santa No Ojisan, which means Uncle Santa
5. Mistletoe should be burnt on the twelfth night of Christmas otherwise couples who kiss under it will never get married.
6. Tinsel was originally made in Germany as strips of real silver, but they lost their shine and artifical tinsel became more popular.
7. Sir Henry Cole started the custom of Christmas Cards as he found that he was writing a lot of Christmas letters to friends and family and thought that having a standard card produced for all would save time.
8. Tom Smith invented the Christmas Cracker as a way to buy sweets with a nice motto inside. He later found a way to make them crack.
9. The Christmas film "It's A Wonderful Life" was originally a flop, but it was repeated so much on television that it eventually has become more highly regarded.
10. Charles Dickins wrote "A Christmas Carol" in just 6 weeks in 1843.