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Coca-Cola played a big role in shaping the image of Santa. In 1931, Coca‑Cola commissioned the artist Haddon Sundblom to paint Santa Claus for the company's Christmas ads.
Adults and kids, get quizzed with these fun and challenging Christmas trivia questions and answers and holiday facts about movies, songs, traditions and more.
Some are easy, some are hard, but they're all fun Christmas trivia! Related: If You Selected a Real Christmas Tree This Year, Make Sure This Insect Didn't Come Along for the Ride 50 Fun Christmas ...
"Silver Bells" is a Christmas song composed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. It debuted in the motion picture The Lemon Drop Kid (1951), where it was started by William Frawley, [1] then sung in the generally known version immediately thereafter by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell. [1]
November 28 – The film Scrooge, starring Alastair Sim, premieres in the U.S. under the title of Charles Dickens's original novel, A Christmas Carol. c. December – The Institute of War and Peace Studies is established by Dwight D. Eisenhower at Columbia University in New York (of which he is president) with William T. R. Fox as first ...
Perry Como was the first to record and release the song in 1951. The song has become a standard recorded by many artists. It was first a hit for Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra on September 18, 1951, released on RCA Victor as 47-4314 (45 rpm) and 20-4314 (78 rpm).
Image credits: historycoolkids The History Cool Kids Instagram account has amassed an impressive 1.5 million followers since its creation in 2016. But the page’s success will come as no surprise ...
Festival Gardens and a fun fair are opened in Battersea Park and the Lansbury Estate in Poplar is begun this year as a housing showcase. 4 May–6 October – Festival Ship Campania cruises the seaports. 14 May – The first volunteer-run passenger trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales.