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- Six of the trees on display in the White House are live trees that will be planted after the holidays.
- In Mexico, wearing red underwear on New Year's Eve is said to bring new love in the upcoming year.
- More than 50,000 people are expected to attend 28 holiday parties at the White House in December 2009.
- Mark Carr of New York started first Christmas tree retail lot in the United States, in 1851.
- Thomas Nast found inspiration for his painting of Santa Claus from Clement C. Moore's "The Night Before Christmas."
- In the Kwanzaa ritual, seven candles called Mishumaa Saba are placed in a Kinara, or candleholder.
- In Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine of a goat made of straw.
- The White House will have 780 feet of garland, 27 Christmas trees, 232 wreaths and 412 poinsettias.
- After "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens wrote one Christmas story each year, but none more successful.
- After "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens wrote one Christmas story each year, but none more successful.
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