Did you know? Here are some fun facts about Christmas that just might be new to you.

File these away 鈥� you never know when they'll come in handy for a holiday trivia game!

鈥� All the gifts in the Twelve Days of Christmas added up would equal 364 gifts.

鈥� Pope Julius I, in A.D. 350, proclaimed Dec. 25 to be the official day to celebrate Christ鈥檚 birthday.

鈥� Apples were the earliest known Christmas tree decorations.

鈥� Christmas trees typically are grown for 15 years before they are sold.

鈥� The tallest Christmas tree ever cut, according to Guinness world records, was a 221-foot Douglas fir that was displayed at Seattle鈥檚 Northgate Shopping Centre in 1950.

鈥� Mistletoe is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word misteltan, which means 鈥渓ittle dung twig鈥� on account of the plant being spread through bird poop.

鈥� In Poland spiders and spider webs are common Christmas tree decoration in tribute to a legend that a spider wove a blanket for Baby Jesus and also that many Polish people at Christmastime consider spiders to symbolize prosperity.

鈥� Between 1659 and 1681, American Puritans banned celebrating Christmas, considering it to be a decadent Catholic holiday.