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- RKO Pictures bought the movie rights to "White Christmas" in 1946 for $10,000.
- In the Ukraine, if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas morning, it is believed to be good luck!
- In the Kwanzaa ritual, seven candles called Mishumaa Saba are placed in a Kinara, or candleholder.
- American mistletoe, is one of 1,300 species of mistletoe worldwide - only two are native to the United States.
- An average household in America will mail out 28 Christmas cards each year and receive 28 in return
- The world's first singing Christmas commercial aired on the radio on Christmas Eve, 1926 for Wheaties cereal.
- Arthur Rankin, Jr., and Jules Bass achieved fame in 1964 with their animated version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."
- The2009 Gingerbread White House is 56 x 29 inches and made with 250 lbs of chocolate and 140 lbs of gingerbread.
- Christmas cards account for 60% of all card sales. A distant second is Valentine's Day at 25%.
- The U.S. is home to approximately 3,000 greeting card publishers.
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