MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – CHRISTMAS 2

How much do you know?  Mr Dorsey, the best teacher in this universe, challenges you – what do you know?  Mr Dorsey has taught the lesson below and claims everything is true – but we believe only 50% of Mr Dorsey’s ‘facts’ are actually truths and the other 50% is false.  Can you spot what is true and what is false?  Can Mr Dorsey be trusted?  Is 100% of what he teaches correct?  Maybe not in this universe – is he instead really out of this world?

There really is a castle built at the North Pole in honour of Santa Claus.
Christmas was outlawed in Boston between 1659-1681.
Christmas is celebrated in Greek and Russian orthodox families on January 6th.
The first people to dress up as Santa Claus were men from the Salvation Army in the USA who dressed up to raise funds for free meals for the poor.
The first store to create a Christmas display was Clarkes in Washington.
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was first written about in 1939 by Rober L. May.
In France, Pere Noel fills children’s shoes with presens on Christmas Eve.
In Sweden at midnight the family join together for a piece of stoemp which is a fruit loaf.
Ancient Babylonians first celebrated Christmas and held the dance of the holly on December 24th.
Beanie is related to Santa Claus.