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- Sugar Plums are chocolate candies that are filled with fruit preservatives or other sweet cream fillings.
- Over 73 million new Christmas trees will be planted this year.
- An average household in America will mail out 28 Christmas cards each year and receive 28 in return
- 54 % of holiday cards use the text "Merry Christmas", 12% use "Season's Greetings", and 21% say "Happy Holidays"
- Over 100,000 people are employed in the Christmas tree industry.
- In Mexico (its original birthplace), the poinsettia is known as the "Flower of the Holy Night."
- In Mexico (its original birthplace), the poinsettia is known as the "Flower of the Holy Night."
- Queen Elizabeth's Christmas message to the nation was first televised on December 25, 1957.
- "Wassail" comes from the Old Norse "ves heill"--to be of good health.
- The first commemorative Christmas stamp was issued in Austria in 1937.
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