Merry Christmas everyone. What a crazy year it has been! A year that did not start off very well for Mr. Soleimani, resulting in some of the finest World War 3 memes. A year in which 'Free Joe Exotic' almost became a spiritual mantra. Furthermore, Kim Jong-un died AND reincarnated for the 3rd time, water was found on the Moon, and a star went missing. Oh and there was also some kind of a pandemic going on, but don't worry this is the only article you will read this year without the C-word. Nothing to see here just some (funny) data-driven Christmas facts and a dashboard to cheer up your day.
Description
- Titel: Christmas dashboard
- Client: Santa Claus
- Budget: 1 day
- Date sources: highly reliable sources (google)
24 facts and stats
1. 2,340,000 mph is the speed that Santa's sleigh would need to travel at to visit every home in the world on Christmas Eve.
2. In 2010 during the Christmas season, the Colombian government decorated jungle trees with lights. The trees lit up when the guerrillas (terrorists) walked by and banners appeared asking them to surrender their arms. The campaign convinced 331 guerillas to re-enter society and also won an award for strategic marketing excellence.
3. Almost 28 sets of LEGO are sold every second during the Christmas season.
4. Coca-Cola was the first company that used Santa Claus during the winter season for promotion.
€ 20,000,000 is the bill Santa could be hit with unless he gets his list GDPR-compliant, this Christmas is the first one since the new regulations in May.
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6. Paul McCartney’s Christmas song is widely regarded as the worst of all the songs he ever recorded yet he earns $400,000 a year off of it.
7. 47 orders per second, is what Amazon received on their busiest day last Christmas.
100% of the island of Jersey could be wrapped up using the wrapping paper thrown away every Christmas.
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8. The character of Santa Claus is based on St. Nicholas. As per a legend, St. Nicholas was a Christian bishop who provided for the poor and needy.
9. Japanese spend their Christmas Eve eating in KFCs. This is a popular tradition in Japan so much that customers have to book their seats 2 months in advance.
10. The Rubik was the highest selling Christmas toy in 1980. That time it sold for $1.99 and today it retails for $10.
11. 81.5% of people will be using their savings to pay for some or all of their gifts this Christmas.
12. Christmas decoration sends nearly 15,000 people a year to the ER. (Be careful guys it's currently quite busy there)
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13. Each year, the Coca-Cola truck visits more than 40 locations up and down the UK.
14. Alabama became the first US state to declare Christmas as a legal holiday in 1836 and the last was Oklahoma, in 1907.
11:07 am is the average time that the first alcoholic drink of the day will be consumed on Christmas Day.
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15. ÂŁ6,000,000,000 is the amount expected to be spent by UK brands on Christmas advertising and marketing this year.
16. 230,000 tonnes is the amount of wasted Christmas food that is thrown away each year. (Some Business intelligence on the inventory levels could come in handy here.)
17. Between 1640 and 1958, the Parliament of Scotland officially abolished the observance of Christmas.
18. 67 m, the height of the tallest ever Christmas tree which was displayed in a shopping centre, Seattle, Washington.
19. 1 in 5, is the number of unwanted Christmas presents received that are then passed on to someone else as a gift.
€800 Million - The amount of money spent on unwanted Christmas gifts.
21. 3, is the number Beatles Christmas number 1's. The band achieved top spot in 1963, 1965 and 1967.
22. 13, is the number of Santa's in Iceland.
23. In the United States, dried Christmas trees cause an estimated 100 fires, resulting in about 10 deaths and 15.7 million in property damage.
24. Assuming Rudolph was in front, there are 40,320 ways to rearrange the other reindeer.
2021 predictions
What about 2021? Is it even possible to bring more craze than 2020? According to Saxo Bank it could well be that we are only getting started.
Here are 5 of their outrageous predictions for 2021:
1. Amazon “buys” Cyprus
2. Germany bails out France
3. Blockchain tech kills fake news
4. China’s new digital currency inspires tectonic shift in capital flows
5. Universal basic income decimates big cities
These obviously are not real market projections but rather "series of unlikely but underappreciated events which, if they were to occur, could send shockwaves across financial markets."
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