TRIVIAL TITBIT # 1
A very common saying amongst children a hundred years ago was "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings".
This was made famous in the movie "It's a Wonderful Life" starring James Stewart.
TRIVIAL TITBIT # 2
Chanukah is the Jewish Festival of Lights an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem during which a special eight-branched candelabrum is slowly lit over eight days.
TRIVIAL TITBIT # 3
In Massachusetts in 1659, a law was passed that stating
"Whosoever shall be found observing any such day as Christmas, either by forbearing of labor, feasting, or in any other way, shall be fined 5 shillings."
TRIVIAL TITBIT # 4
In England in 1644 the observance of Christmas was forbidden by an act of Parliament.
TRIVIAL TITBIT # 5
On Dec. 26, 1583, the Glasgow Kirk Session put 5 persons to public penance for keeping the 'superstitious day called YULE'."
TRIVIAL TITBIT # 6
In 529 AD, the Emperor Justinian decreed that no one should work on the festival of Christmas.
TRIVIAL TITBIT # 7
Holly, mistletoe, the Yule log and the wassail bowl are all relics of pre-Christian times.
TRIVIAL TITBIT # 8
In the 5th century the Western Church ordered the 'Mass of Christ' to be forever celebrated on the day of the old Roman feast of the Birth of Sol (the Sun).
TRIVIAL TITBIT # 9
From December 17th to the 23rd the Romans ornamented their temples and homes with green boughs and flowers for the Saturnalia.
TRIVIAL TITBIT # 10
The Roman poet Virgil wrote about the decorating of pine trees in honor of Bacchus, the god of drinking and revelry.
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