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Found on the Book Depository: Christmas Trivia!

England only had seven white Christmases in the entire twentieth century!? The definition of a white Christmas is when one snowflake falls on the roof of the London Weather Centre. It wasn't until A.D. 440 that the church officially proclaimed December 25 as the birth of Jesus. Some people claim that the typical Father Christmas costume of red clothes with white fur trim originated with a Coca-cola advert, but actually the Santa suit we know today was well established by the 1920s and it was not until the 1930s that Coca-cola first used the Santa Claus design. Before settling on the name of Tiny Tim for his character in A Christmas Carol three other alliterative names were considered by Charles Dickens. They were Little Larry, Puny Pete, and Small Sam. (Giggles) Christmas trees are edible. Many parts of pines, spruces, and firs can be eaten: the needles are a good source of vitamin C; pine nut oil can act as an appetite suppression and is an antioxidant. In 1647, the English parliament passed a law that made Christmas illegal. Festivities were banned by Puritan leader, Oliver Cromwell, who considered feasting and revelry, on what was supposed to be a holy day, to be immoral. The ban was lifted only when the Puritans lost power in 1660.

Erastes Hates the Cromwell. We Hates him, precioussss..... hates him forever.