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- More diamonds are sold around Christmas than any other time of the year.
- The first president to decorate the White House Christmas tree in the United States was Franklin Pierce.
- 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.
- Christmas cookies for Santa began during the Great Depression to inspire children to share with others in hard times.
- 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.
- 1700s Europeans baked fruitcakes at the end of the harvest, then ate them at the beginning of the next year's harvest for good luck.
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