title: Weird But True Christmas: 300 Festive Facts to Light Up the Holidays
author:  National Geographic Kids 
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  THE CHRISTMAS MEGAPACK
  
  
  
  
  
  Edited by Robert Reginald, Mary Wickizer Burgess, and John Gregory Betancourt
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2012 by Wildside Press LLC
  
  
  
  
  
  Published by Wildside Press LLC
  
  
  
  
  
  www.wildsidebooks.com
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  INTRODUCTION, by Robert Reginald
  
  
  
  
  
  Christmas—the very word conjures up memories, for many of us, of the most
  wondrous childhood holiday of all—filled with the glitter of colorfully-
  wrapped presents, family visits, carols, photographs, decorating the tree,
  attendance at church to celebrate the birth of the Christ child, and tummy-
  stuffing dinners tucked with treats seen at no other time of the year.
  
  
  
  
  
  Christmas.
  
  
  
  
  
  But the yule holiday has been celebrated for at least two centuries in North
  America, and our writers have been producing memorable stories about this
  unique day for almost as long.
  
  
  
  
  
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