2,340,000 mph – The speed at which Santa’s sleigh would need to travel if he were to reach every home in the world on Christmas Eve

£51,000,000 – The amount saved each year through the use of discount voucher codes

8 – The number of Santa’s reindeer who’s names are taken from Clement C. Moore’s “A Visit From St. Nicholas”

£700 Million – The amount of money spent on unwanted Christmas gifts

6.8 Million – The number of iOS and Android devices that will be activated on Christmas day

1957 – The year of the first ever televised Queen’s Christmas speech

45% – The percentage of all greetings card sent every year that are Christmas related

4.25 Million – The number of British people who will travel abroad for Christmas

1 – The number of mince pies you should eat on each of the 12 days of Christmas to bring good luck

8 Million – The number of natural Christmas trees consumed by the UK each year

1647 – The year in which Oliver Cromwell banned celebrating Christmas because he believed it was immoral to feast and drink on such a holy day

364 – The total number of gifts listed in “The 12 days of Christmas”

£18,000,000,000 – Will be withdrawn from UK cash machines over Christmas

822 – The number of houses Santa would need to visit every second if he were to make all his deliveries

20 Meters – The height of the Christmas tree in Trafalgar square

13 – The number of Santa’s in Iceland

25 Million – The number of Christmas puddings we eat in the UK every year

57 – The number of Olympic sized swimming pools that could be filled with the beer consumed in the UK over Xmas

3 Billion – The number of Christmas cards sent in the USA every year

221 Feet – The height of the tallest ever Christmas tree which was displayed in Northgate Shopping Centre, Seattle, Washington

15 – The average age of a Christmas tree when it is sold

£1,600,000,000 – The total spent by the UK at Christmas

230,000 Tonnes – The amount of wasted Christmas food that is thrown away each year

1 – The number of Santa’s reindeer who’s names are taken from the song “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”

300 Million – The number of mince pies eaten over Xmas

16.6% – The percentage of total US retail sales that are Christmas related

83 Square km – The amount of wrapping paper sold in the UK every Christmas

60 Million – The number of Christmas trees grown each year in Europe

113 Feet – The height of the tallest ever snowman, which was built in Maine, America

45.72 Meters – The length of the biggest Christmas cracker ever made. It was also 3.04 meters wide

3 – The number Beatles Christmas number 1’s. The band achieved top spot in 1963, 1965 and 1967

£10.4 Million – The amount spent decorating the Christmas tree at the Tsunamachi Misui Club, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan in 2002

30,000 – The number of participants in the largest ever Secret Santa, organised by Reddit in 2012

10 Million – The number of Turkeys cooked in the UK every Xmas

32.56 Meters – The length of the longest ever Christmas Stocking. It was also 14.97 meters wide

600,000 – The number of letters sent to Santa every year

3 – The number of Christmas trees planted to replace each one harvested

16 – The average number of Christmas presents a UK child receives

6 Million – The number of rolls of sellotape that will be sold in the UK in the run up to Christmas

£330 – The average amount a UK adult spends buying Christmas presents

957 – The typical number of calories in your average Christmas dinner

3:1 – The ratio by which natural Christmas trees outsell artificial Christmas trees

1.2 Million – The number of Kindles given as presents at Christmas

120,000 Tonnes – The weight of potatoes that will be eaten over Christmas

£48,000,000 – The total amount spent on Christmas puddings by the UK

62,824 – The record number of Christmas cards sent by a single person in a year