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- For every real Christmas tree harvested, 2 to 3 seedlings are planted in its place.
- 85% of people in the United States mail holiday cards each year.
- Lauscha, a Germany company, started producing glass bead garlands for Christmas Trees in the 1850s.
- The Nutcracker (Ballet) was adapted from The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, by German writer E.T.A. Hoffman.
- Christmas trees take from 6 to 14 years to mature for harvest.
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Gene Autry (1949) sold 2 million copies of the song in it's first year.
- In Roman times, holiday gift giving was popular during Saturnalia, a winter solstice celebration.
- More than 50,000 people are expected to attend 28 holiday parties at the White House in December 2009.
- The traditional flaming Christmas pudding dates back to 1670 in England.
- Christmas cookies for Santa began during the Great Depression to inspire children to share with others in hard times.
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