TRADITION: The holidays are times of tradition, with Santa Claus, Christmas carols, stockings, candy canes, shopping and so much more.

The website thepioneerwoman.com has a explanation for some of the traditions, and answers to some holiday trivia.”’Jingle Bells” was originally a Thanksgiving song.

“Jingle Bells” was written by James Lord Pierpont in 1857 for his church’s Thanksgiving concert. However, over the years, it became more closely associated with Christmas and is now one of the most popular holiday songs.

In Japan, it’s tradition for people to enjoy a Kentucky Fried Christmas. What started as a marketing campaign by KFC in the 1970s has evolved into a widely adopted tradition of eating a bucket of KFC chicken to celebrate Christmas. Many people even place their KFC orders well in advance to secure their Christmas chicken dinner.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer almost had a different name. The creator, Robert L. May, was considering Rollo and Reginald before he finally settled on Rudolph.

The first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was actually small.

Construction workers placed the first small, undecorated tree at Rockefeller Center in 1931. These days, the famous tree features more than 50,000 multicolored LED lights — that’s nearly five miles of lights!

‘The Grinch’ is the highest-grossing Christmas film of all time.The 2018 computer-animated film brought in $512,858,819 worldwide. The runner-up? Home Alone, the Christmas classic from 1990.

Christmas has been banned in the past.

In the mid-17th century, the Puritan-led English Parliament banned Christmas celebrations in favor of a day of fasting. Furthermore, the first state to declare Christmas a legal holiday was Alabama in 1836. The last was Oklahoma in 1890.

More to come.