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- In Roman times, holiday gift giving was popular during Saturnalia, a winter solstice celebration.
- The inventor of the Christmas "cracker" or bon-bon was Tom Smith who owned a sweet shop in London.
- The world's first singing Christmas commercial aired on the radio on Christmas Eve, 1926 for Wheaties cereal.
- If you received all of the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", you would receive 364 presents.
- In 1947, Toys for Tots organized its first Christmas toy drive for needy youngsters.
- The World's Largest Cut Christmas Tree was a 221 ft Douglas fir in Seattle, in December 1950.
- 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.
- The World's Largest Cut Christmas Tree was a 221 ft Douglas fir in Seattle, in December 1950.
- The American version of St. Nicholas, or Santa Claus originally came from the Dutch version called Sint Klaas.
- Since 1925, America's official national Christmas tree is located in King's Canyon National Park in California.
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