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September 04, 2014

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AFTER queuing up to get your turkey, you arrive home only to find the cat has swallowed most of the tinsel and you completely forgot to buy any tangerines.

But have you ever stopped to wonder how these traditions started - why we kiss under the mistletoe, or give each other stockings full of goodies?

Here are 50 festive facts to get you even more in the mood for Christmas...

1 US scientists calculated that Santa would have to visit 822 homes a second to deliver all the world's presents on Christmas Eve, travelling at 650 miles a second.

2 ROBINS on cards were a joke 150 years ago when postmen wore red tunics and were named after them.

3 ALTHOUGH now mostly vegetarian, in Victorian times, mince pies were made with beef and spices.

4 THE tradition of putting tangerines in stockings comes from 12th-century French nuns who left socks full of fruit, nuts and tangerines at the houses of the poor.