54

Words in the bestselling Christmas song of all time, 'White Christmas', first performed by Bing Corsby in 1941, which has now sold 50 million copies

271

Number of years since 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing' was written

740,000

Viewers who watched Jean Byrne give her 9.08 weather forecast last week

5.4bn

Euro worth of goods stolen from retailers across Europe over Christmas, according to British-based Centre for Retail Research

368

Calories in one mince pie with cream, which must be added to the 956 that make up the average turkey and ham dinner

2

Billion Christians across the world who celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ on?Christmas Day

1,600

The speed, in km per second, Santa's sleigh travels to cover the world in 31 hours, taking different time zones into account

1,020

What the average Irish household is likely to have spent, in euro, on Christmas 2010 according to the annual Deloitte survey of Christmas spending – the second highest in Europe

2,600

Height, in feet, of Christmas tree claimed to be world's largest near Italian town of Gubbio, where it is lit by 800 lights