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- More diamonds are sold around Christmas than any other time of the year.
- Electric lights for trees were first used in the White House in 1895.
- Christmas cards account for 60% of all card sales. A distant second is Valentine's Day at 25%.
- In the Kwanzaa ritual, seven candles called Mishumaa Saba are placed in a Kinara, or candleholder.
- The traditional flaming Christmas pudding dates back to 1670 in England.
- Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
- Alabama is the first state to give Christmas the status of holiday in 1836.
- In Roman times, holiday gift giving was popular during Saturnalia, a winter solstice celebration.
- In Roman times, holiday gift giving was popular during Saturnalia, a winter solstice celebration.
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