Freestyle’s
Festive Facts
2013
Yes, it s’ the time of year when the big fat fella with a white beard falls down your chimney and eats all your mince pies.
To celebrate the festive season, we thought we’ d enlighten you with some fun and thought-provoking Christmas facts to have you
rubbing your chin in ponderation and chuckling with glee whilst you listen to the strains of Messrs Bublé and Holder.
Here’ s to a warm and cosy Christmas!
xxx
Merry
Christmas
Ker-ching!
In
2012
88% of British shoppers
bought Christmas presents online
This year
33% of British shoppers
will do their Christmas shopping
on mobile devices
30% of online traffic
was via mobile on Cyber Monday
Brrrrrr...
The tallest snowman ever was
built by residents of Maine.
34 metres tall,
He was
the height of a
10 storey building
25% of all
Christmas shopping time is
spent in queues
The Bear and the Hare
John Lewis advert
10 million
has had over
YouTube views
Ding dong
Across Europe the most popular Christmas
on
1
3
Spotify are:
songs
All I Want for Christmas is You – Mariah Carey
2
Last Christmas – Wham!
It’s Beginning to Look
a Lot Like Christmas –
All I Want For Christmas is You
Michael Bublé
is the most viewed Christmas video on YouTube,
with over
60 million views
Ping!
Approximately
300
British people a year
spend Christmas day filling in their
France is the only European country to have
its peak online shopping day
tax returns online
after instead of before Christmas.
This season it is expected to be on
January 7th
Corporate Christmas emails
sent on Wednesdays
have the highest click rates
Nom-nom...
Turkeys have been reared in Norfolk for
hundreds of years. In the 17th and 18th centuries
turkeys would be made to walk the
100 mile journey
The UK buys
4 Billion
sprouts per year,
from Norfolk to Leadenhall Market
in London. The journey would take
3 months
making it Europe’s biggest consumer.
That’s 63 sprouts per person,
but it’s estimated that only
actually get eaten
28%
4
British people a year
break their arms
pulling Christmas crackers!
7/10
British dogs
get a present from their owner
Merry
Christmas
Frohe
Weihnachten
Joyeux
Noël
God Jul
From everyone at
Freestyle Interactive
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