The first text message was sent on 3 December 1992 by a young engineer. The message was "Merry Christmas".
Christmas and Holiday season bring lots of joy and happiness for those who live in countries that celebrate them (whether or not you are Christian or religious)! Here are 5 interesting facts about Christmas that you probably didn't know!
1- The first text message was sent on 3 December 1992 by a young engineer. The message was "Merry Christmas".
2- Christmas is often spelled Xmas because the Greek letter Chi (χ) is used to abbreviate the name Christ.
3- the phrase "Merry Christmas" only became popular in mid-19 century after it appeared in the book "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.
4- The popular Christmas song "Jingle Bells" (the one used for this video) was originally written for Thanksgiving and not Christmas!
5- Many Christmas songs are public-domain and you can use them free of charge in your projects, including the following:
• "Deck The Halls" (Download for free: http://bit.ly/U3AqYn)
• "The First Noel"
• "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing"
• "Jingle Bells" (Download for free: http://bit.ly/UUf0xz)
• "Joy To The World"
• "Come All Ye Faithful"
• "Silent Night" (Download for free: http://bit.ly/YaulNl)
• "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
• "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" (Download for free: http://bit.ly/TpRNBj)
The following songs are not in public domain:
• "Winter Wonderland" (Written by: Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith)
• "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells)
• "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish)
• "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin)
• "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
• "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin)
• "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
• "Jingle Bell Rock" (Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe)
• "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks)
• "Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry V. Onorati, Harry Simeone)
• "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" (Edward Pola, George Wyle)
• "I'll Be Home For Christmas" (Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram)
• "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" (Johnny Marks)
• "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
• "Feliz Navidad" (Jose Feliciano)
• "Frosty The Snowman" (Steve Nelson, Walter E. Rollins)
• "A Holly Jolly Christmas" (Johnny Marks)
• "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" (Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman)
• "Carol Of The Bells" (Peter J. Wilhousky, Mykola Leontovich)
Disclaimer: We believe all the images and clips used in this video, qualify under fair use. If you believe your image/media has been used improperly, please send us a message at info-at-factxtract-dot-com and we will investigate it.
The video clips in this video are from the following movie that is in the public domain :
Rudolph TheRed-nosed Reindeer (1948): the whole clip can be found online:
http://archive.org/details/RudolphThe...
Source of the loop: http://movietools.info
Free Music: " Jingle Bells 3" by Kevin MacLeod ( http://incompetech.com/)
We are using the music under the Creative Commons License.
We would also like to acknowledge the links below as the main sources of information in this video:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_%28l...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_B...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_mes...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday_...
https://www.songclearance.com/Christm...
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