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- The first commemorative Christmas stamp was issued in Austria in 1937.
- LED Christmas lights feature long lifetimes, low cost to operate and associated low maintenance.
- During the Christmas buying season, Visa Cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute in the U.S.
- Six of the trees on display in the White House are live trees that will be planted after the holidays.
- "It's a Wonderful Life" appears on TV more often than any other holiday movie.
- Alabama is the first state to give Christmas the status of holiday in 1836.
- RKO Pictures bought the movie rights to "White Christmas" in 1946 for $10,000.
- More than 50,000 people are expected to attend 28 holiday parties at the White House in December 2009.
- More than 50,000 people are expected to attend 28 holiday parties at the White House in December 2009.
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