The words ‘stress’ and ‘Christmas’ are mutually exclusive and, for many, December can be less of a time for joyous celebration as it is frantic worry. MRM can provide a source of Christmas cheer for your business amongst the tiresome turmoil of December - the real-life promotional marketing Santa Claus (providing that you’ve avoided the Naughty List).
Giving the gift of promotion management, bespoke outsourcing solutions, cashback services alongside other valuable marketing resolutions such as handling and fulfilment, MRM is on-hand to spread the festive joy and leave your business feeling ready to face the New Year in good stead – regardless of the amount of mince pies you’ve consumed.
What’s even better is that MRM can fulfil your promotional marketing needs all year round – not just once a year, a time-frame that even Santa couldn’t beat. Multi Resource Marketing? More like Merry Resource Marketing!
Call us on 01858 414777 or send us an email at [email protected] to discuss the best ‘gifts’ that promotional marketing can offer you.
To ease you into the festive season, here are 10 unique Christmas facts to share over your Turkey dinner…
1. If you received all of the gifts mentioned in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," you would receive 364 gifts in total.
2. Most of Santa’s reindeers have male-sounding names, however male reindeer shed their antlers in the winter meaning that the reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh are more than likely female.
3. Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime” is widely regarded as the worst of all the songs he has ever recorded yet he earns approximately $400,000 a year from its royalties.
4. You would have to use your artificial tree for more than 20 years for it to be ‘greener’ than buying a fresh-cut tree annually.
5. ‘Jingle Bells’ – was the first song sung by astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra in space, on December 16, 1965.
6. Japanese people spend their Christmas Eve eating in KFCs. This is a popular tradition in Japan so much so that customers have to book their meals 2 months in advance.
7. Before the turkey, the traditional Christmas meal in England was centred by a pig’s head and mustard.
8. The song “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” was originally sung by servants to demand alcoholic drinks from their masters - “we won’t go until we get some, so bring some out here.”
9. If you’re really into recycling, you can eat your Christmas tree. The needles provide vitamin C and you can also eat pine nuts, if your tree comes with pinecones! Some Christmas trees can become food for zoo animals.
10. A survey has revealed on average, British women don’t attempt their first Christmas lunch until the age of 34. Nearly half of women polled said they felt a real sense of achievement when finally dishing up the Christmas dinner and 28% of British men admit that their partner’s dinner is better than their mothers.