There are some things that never change… namely the traditions around the most festive time of the year: Christmas Season! But do you know all the stories behind the delicious food, unexpected gifts and warm decorations around you?
Find out some of the most surprising facts about Christmas logistics in today’s post.
- No, Black Friday isn’t the busiest day of the festive season.
In fact, the Friday and Saturday before Christmas are the days when all roads lead to the mall and street shops.
- According to estimates, around 25 to 30 million Christmas trees are sold in the US each year.
In the U.S. there are approximately 15,000 plots dedicated exclusively to Christmas tree production (fir, pine, spruce, cypress, and cedar), mostly in the northern U.S. states, including Oregon, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, Washington, New York, and Virginia.
- Only at Christmas Portuguese people consume 5000 tons of cod.
Unique in Portuguese cuisine, this is a season in which this type of fish cannot be missing.
- Most Portuguese will give between 5 and 10 presents this Christmas.
Online shopping continues to be at the top of the list of preferred channels.
- Around 10 million turkeys are eaten during the Christmas season only in the UK.
British consumers buy around 6,711 tonnes of fresh turkey and 12,472 tonnes of frozen turkey. 3,000 tonnes of packaging materials are used in the packaging process.
- Every year around 20 million broken (or in poor condition) Christmas lights are sent to Shijiao, China.
These discarded lamps are separated, recycled and transformed into new products such as slipper soles.
- In the UK, a third of consumers want to exchange or return Christmas their presents.
Gifts valued at around £232m were returned last year.
- It is estimated that around 150 million sets of Christmas lights are sold each year in the USA.
It lights around 80 million homes, consuming around 6% of the nation’s electricity every December.
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