Christmas graphics can be used to decorate your web space, homemade Christmas cards, holiday stationery and more. Check out the links on this page for some of the best Christmas graphics sites available on the net.
Christmas Trivia
A game once played during Medieval Christmas celebrations called "Hot Cockles" required its players to strike a blindfolded man. The blindfolded man was expected to guess the name of the person who was hitting him. This game was popular until Victorian times.Corsinet: Brain Candy Holidays
The origin of the abbreviation X-mas for Christmas came from the Greek letter X, which is pronounced chi.Santa's Net: Christmas Facts
Alabama was the first state to declare Christmas as a legal holiday in 1836. In 1907 Oklahoma became the last state to make Christmas a legal holiday.Santa's Net: Christmas Facts
The Friday and Saturday before Christmas are the two busiest shopping days of the year.Corsinet: Brain Candy Holidays
Barnum's animal cracker boxes were designed with a string handle so they could be more easily hung from a Christmas tree.Corsinet: Brain Candy Holidays
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Fast Facts
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Christmas Day is December 25
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Christmas 2009 falls on a Friday
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Popular Christmas imagery includes Santa Claus, reindeer, stars, snowmen, poinsettias, wrapped presents
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Many holiday graphics sites are ad-heavy and contain pop-ups
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Some graphics creators require you to pay a fee to download their graphics for use
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It is often requested that you link back to the site you found graphics on
