🎉 Christmas Day
Where: Lapland, Finland (reindeer country)
📅 On This Day: December 25
December 25: Christmas Day. Today is Christmas, celebrated by many people around the world. People decorate trees and gather with family to share gifts and food. Lapland in Finland, inside the Arctic Circle, is known as the home of Santa Claus and his reindeer.
✨ More events on this day
- 1642 🔬 Isaac Newton was born in England. He explained gravity and the laws of motion, and showed that white light is made of all the colours of the rainbow.
- 1758 🔬 A German farmer and astronomer spotted Halley's Comet returning, just as Edmond Halley had predicted. It was the first time anyone correctly forecast a comet's return.
- 2021 🚀 The James Webb Space Telescope launched on Christmas Day. With its huge gold mirror, it looks deep into space to see the very first galaxies.
🧠 Question of the day
Which place is known as the home of Santa and his reindeer?
- Hawaii
- Lapland, Finland
- The Egyptian desert
Show the answer
Answer: Lapland, Finland
Questions
What happened on December 25?
December 25: Christmas Day. It happened in Lapland, Finland (reindeer country).
In the game, the "Today on Earth" panel shows this story on its day, with a question to answer and a place to fly to.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas