Festival Facts Generator

• [Festival fact 1]  Puritans started a "War on Christmas" in the 17th Century, considering it hedonistic and heretical.

  Festival, People, War source

• [Festival fact 2]  After the Burning Man Festival, a cleaning crew combs through the grounds to clean up “MOOP” or trash as small as single hairs from wigs in order to pass a federal inspection.

  Environment, Festival source

• [Festival fact 3]  A giant snowman named Snowzilla is created every year in Anchorage, Alaska. In 2008, the city attempted to stop the creation of Snowzilla, and on Christmas morning there were sign-carrying snowmen "protesting" that attempt in front of city hall.

  Festival, Places source

• [Festival fact 4]  The reason southerners eat black-eyed peas on New Year's Day is because during Sherman's bloody march to the sea the only thing northerners didn't loot or burn were black-eyed peas, thus making them the primary source of food.

  Festival, Food source

• [Festival fact 5]  Magician Harry Houdini died on Halloween on October 31, 1926.

  Death, Festival, People source

• [Festival fact 6]  Holi is an Indian festival in which people dance, play live music, throw colored powders at each other, have a bonfire, consume cannabis (which is often distributed by the government for the occasion).

  Countries, Festival source

• [Festival fact 7]  In Korea, everyone is 1 from the time they are born and everyone gets a year older on New Year's Day. So your Korean age is always either one or two years older than your Western age.

  Festival, People source

• [Festival fact 8]  On Christmas Day in 1900, the first international phone call was made. John W. Atkins called to Cuba testing to see if it would be possible for the voice to be heard through the telegraph lines. After a long silence, Cuba answered with a simple “I don’t understand you.”

  Festival, Media source

• [Festival fact 9]  The ‘12 Days of Christmas’ are not the days leading up to the holiday, but rather the 12 days after. In some lore, a witch named Befana brings candy and gifts to kids on January 5th also known as ‘Epiphany Eve,’ much like Santa does on Christmas Eve.

  Festival, Music source

• [Festival fact 10]  The Hershey Kiss bell-choir Christmas commercial first came out in 1989 and has been running ever since each holiday season.

  Festival, Television source

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