{"id":18289,"date":"2012-12-25T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=18289"},"modified":"2013-12-02T17:55:29","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T01:55:29","slug":"merry-christmas-we-got-you-some-knowledge-to-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/merry-christmas-we-got-you-some-knowledge-to-share\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas! We Got You Some Knowledge to Share"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Merry-Christmas-From-TIFO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18363\" alt=\"Merry Christmas From TIFO\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Merry-Christmas-From-TIFO.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"371\" \/><\/a>Merry Christmas from everyone here at <a href='http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I Found Out<\/a>!\u00a0 While you&#8217;re sipping eggnog and trying your best to continue smiling and nodding while your cousin and cousin-in-law once again tell you how their little Stacey has a photographic memory and already sings and plays the piano as well as Norah Jones, despite being just 4 years old and publicly only ever displaying a talent for picking her own nose&#8230; here&#8217;s a few articles to possibly help you bring the topic at hand around to more interesting things, while demonstrating your newfound superior knowledge of all things Christmas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/12\/the-word-mistletoe-literally-means-dung-twig\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Word &#8220;Mistletoe&#8221; Literally Means &#8220;Dung Twig&#8221;, and The Origin of the Mistletoe Tradition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/12\/eating-kentucky-fried-chicken-is-a-christmas-tradition-for-many-japanese\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eating Kentucky Fried Chicken is a Christmas Tradition in Japan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/12\/rudolf-the-red-nosed-reindeer-was-created-by-the-department-store-chain-montgomery-ward\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was Created by the Department Store Chain Montgomery Ward<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/11\/the-song-jingle-bells-is-thought-to-have-been-written-for-a-thanksgiving-sunday-school-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Song &#8220;Jingle Bells&#8221; is Thought to Have Been Written for a Thanksgiving Sunday School Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/02\/poinsettias-are-not-poisonous\/\" target=\"_blank\">Poinsettias are Not Poisonous<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/5-bizarre-christmas-traditions\/\" target=\"_blank\">5 Bizarre Christmas Traditions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/what-is-eggnog\/\" target=\"_blank\">What Eggnog is Made of and How it Became a Christmas Tradition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/the-x-in-xmas-doesnt-take-the-christ-out-of-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\">The X in Xmas Doesn&#8217;t Take the Christ Out of Christmas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/the-real-life-george-bailey-who-founded-bank-of-italy-which-became-bank-of-america\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Character of &#8220;George Bailey&#8221; in It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life was Based on the Founder of Bank of America<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/its-a-wonderful-life-was-based-on-a-christmas-card-short-story-by-philip-van-doren-stern\/\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life was Based on a Christmas Card Short Story<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/the-candy-cane-story\/\" target=\"_blank\">The History of the Candy Cane<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/brenda-lee-was-just-13-years-old-when-she-recorded-rockin-around-the-christmas-tree\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brenda Lee was Just 13 Years Old When She Recorded &#8220;Rockin&#8217; Around the Christmas Tree&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/the-song-silver-bells-was-originally-called-tinkle-bell\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Song &#8220;Silver Bells&#8221; was Originally Called &#8220;Tinkle Bells&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Or, here&#8217;s the significantly condensed versions of some of the above, if you&#8217;re pressed for time and don&#8217;t care about the interesting details *shakes head disapprovingly in your general direction*:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/12\/10-interesting-facts-about-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Interesting Christmas Facts Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/christmas-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Interesting Christmas Facts Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/12\/christmas-traditions-from-around-the-world-infographic\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Fascinating Christmas Traditions from Around the World<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas from everyone here at <a href='http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I Found Out<\/a>!\u00a0 While you&#8217;re sipping eggnog and trying your best to continue smiling and nodding while your cousin and cousin-in-law once again tell you how their little Stacey has a photographic memory and already sings and plays the piano as well as Norah Jones, despite being just 4 years old and publicly [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,3,2781,2979,646],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-today-i-found-out","category-featured-facts","category-holiday-facts-2","category-most-popular"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18289"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18453,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18289\/revisions\/18453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}