Very interesting, it’s a wonder that the UK still has any houses from that time period then I guess. I’m guessing that the candles eventually evolved into lightbulbs because of safety and festive new colors

did you know that cashews come from a fruit 🍓🍑?

If you find one, don't bring him around me. I'll steal him. 😅

They had ornaments to hold miniature tapers for the task, but often people used tapers meant more wreaths or butler torches & they were too strong.

Real candles on trees are still common here in Denmark, you have to pay attention to them and use proper holders so we usually use electric most of the time and only light the real ones when we are close to the tree during Christmas eve.

"Dont do it" too late my house is now on fire

Uuuh, the warning came a little late. Woopsie daisy!

Did you say not to do this one? 😂

There was a guy that wondered why the birds would sing an hour before sunrise. So he played music to his corn. The corn grew to be 15 feet tall. In case you are wondering, corn normally grows to only about haft that.

1:19 not in france it wasn't, then whackos were still giving kids watered down wine with their school lunches in the 80's

did you know that cashews come from a fruit 🍑?

Wow your eyes are so blue

For folks who thought it was about boxing, there's an alternative: On December 25th in the areas near Cuzco in Peru, the locals partake in a custom called Takanakuy, a Quechuan (Incan) custom where everyone gets into a massive fight in order to resolve grievances from the previous year. Afterwards, they declare the slate wiped clean and all get drunk together.

Interesting Do one about the 3 kings

Ms Fenn , did you get a nice Christmas box this year ?

The origins in Christmas lights is interesting. And I remember the change from regular bulbs vs the LED lights that use less electricity and less hot. So an advancement in the right direction has taken place in our life times. We had salmon this year, as our oven is still out of commission. When it worked, we usually had turkey.

i uuuhm, hate to say this, but open fire candles on the tree is still very common, more so than not, in danish households, AND we dance around the tree as well, with the candles lit. ofcourse there's always a fire extinquisher nearby, but yea, thats still a thing here. EDIT: i should properbly add, that at no time is the tree not being watched, while there's lit candles.

I love your videos. You have a certain energy that i enjoy and its obvious that you put a lot of thought into these original videos. Keep them coming!

Spinsterhood is the state of being an unmarried woman, usually an older woman who is past the age when most women marry Save yall the google search. I had never even heard of the word spinsterhood let alone knew what it meant.

Americans with boar infestations convincing their wives to change the centerpiece at Christmas dinner: "Babe, just hear me out here. It's fancy!"

Uuuuuuuuuuum really???? Like aaaaaaaah, uuuuuuuuum I mean, really??? I'm English, not Victorian, I don't think I'm Victorian but I am English and I've never heard such boar headery like I love your vids but I gotta call "parsnips" on this one so uuuum follow for more fun facts... xx xxxx

May I have some boar please

That gasp said everything. Satisfactory results 💕

I once found a piece of metal in a bacon sandwich, what is that symbolic of? Also Merry Christmas

Lighting my tree candles while eating a pickle.

I personally don't like glueing the lip skin to the mouth part bc whenever I do, it messes up the mouth rig and I have to start over (I've watched tutorials, it doesn't help). I prefer to rig the lip skin and the mouth part separately. It does take longer, but it looks the same at the end🤷‍♀️

Christmas Eve it's steak and some nicer fixins, Christmas we do waffles in the morning and a cheese and meat board with crackers with afternoon tea.

Perhaps this is the origin idea for lucky charms cereal .

Lol the baby in a king cake 🎂

Nah, the cracking of firewood is normal. Just keep the screen closed and the fire extinguisher closer.

Merry Christmas! We had a similar tradition when we were growing up. Our parents would hide a pickle and the first kid to find it got to open the first present. We use real pickles as the local stores sell them in single serving plastic wrapped ones lol. We also had some old Christmas ornaments that were just candle holders. We never lit them, but it was nice to see. We are going to eat Sheppard's Pie, green-bean casserole and a Hobbit's breakfast (i got the recipe for the special Deny's scrambler from when lord of the rings was released).

Fennryn: Don't put non-editble items in food. Mexicans: Places plastic figurines in bread. (Rosca de Reyes)

I guess coin could also easily symbolize a lost tooth...

ghost stories for christmass make some sense it is a holiday built around a zomby afterall

I added the candles to my tree like Fennryn suggested, but my house burned down soon after. Did I skip a step? What did I do wrong?

MR James is probably one of the best authors to look to if folks are interested in the tradition of Christmas ghost stories. Genuinely chilling works.

"You know, Dew Lock just bought one of those brand-new, green plastic trees. Darn thing looks like it was made out of green pipe cleaners." ~ The Old Man

I will be sure to hang some candles on my tree now, thanks for the idea.

I had an aunt who would make mustard jello that would go wonderfully with ham. To this day, that is the only form of jello I will eat. Happy holidays everyone

Pickles might be the worst food ever (but sausage is the wurst!) And I like vinegar, but pickles? Never. Bell peppers might be a second place. Or olives.

I agree with you about pickles already being rotten.😂 Pickles are just about the worst food ever created.

Sadly, snakes don't have ears. They are very sensitive to vibrations, so the Little Drummer Boy would be better for them

Damn, been a long time since i got to watch a Fennry Video

All the more reason to assert that The Nightmare Before Christmas is both a Halloween AND Christmas story, as far as I'm concerned. Also explains a line from (I believe it's) the song "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" mentioning telling ghost stories or something along those lines! Edit: "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" is the song I was thinking of!

I’m half Guatemalan so we’d eat Tamales (also known as Nopales), turkey, rice, and a ground beef based stuffing.

Loved it awesome facts from our Favorite Fact Fox Fenn . Happy Holidays too yous and yours dear.

Well Ms. Fenn , have A Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year ( or something like that ; ) ) !!!!

Always love your fun facts Fennryn, hope you have a Happy Christmas

Usually we have turkey for Thanksgiving and ham for Christmas with all the fixings and pie and cookies. Then usually if there is anything else anyone wants special my mom will make more There is alway too much food and all of us will have leftovers to take home and enjoy later. Merry Christmas everyone.

Feels like she’s a big sister