Most of us like to spend Christmas with our families, but sometimes we must be far away.  Even then, most of us get to stay on the planet.  Prior to the continuous occupation of the International Space Station in 2001, how many people actually spent Christmas Day in space?

The first people in space at Christmas were Borman, Lovell and Anders, who orbited the moon in Apollo-8.  Since then, 32 others have spent December 25 either in Salyut 6, MIR, or the International Space Station.  Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev was there three times, in 1988, 1991 and 2000.  Now that the ISS is continuously occupied, the number should continue to increase steadily.