Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 25, 2013
Transcript:
It would cost more than $25,000 to buy all the gifts in The 12 Days of Christmas at today's prices. Christmas was not an official holiday in America until 1870! The bones of St. Nicholas- Santa Claus- are kept in Bari, Italy, where they were taken in the 11th century from Turkey.
So Christmas has been going on in the home of the free and land of the brave for 143 years?! Wow. Merry Christmas, “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” readers.