I recently came across this
fascinating video called ‘The Mathematics of Christmas’ which talked about
number and figures related to Christmas in the US. Here you go:
- 20% of the Americans generally don’t finish their shopping until Christmas Eve.
- 38,000 miles of ribbon are used to wrap up all those Christmas presents – which is enough to tie five giant bows around the moon.
- There are 1 million square acres of Christmas trees growing in America’s forests – more acres than the entire state of Rhode Island.
- Anthem (Arizona) is home to the nation’s largest Christmas tree, standing at a 110 feet – this is equal to 18 Santas tall and is decorated with more than 50,000 lights.
- In each year, about 11,000 letters addressed to the Big Man in Red arrive at the post office in the town of Santa Claus, Indiana.
- In order to visit all those good little boys and girls on Christmas Eve, Santa and his eight reindeer need to travel at a speed of 650 miles per second.
