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- There are over 10,000 cut-your-own farms for Christmas trees in the United States.
- Holly berries are poisonous.
- Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states including Hawaii and Alaska.
- The World's Largest Cut Christmas Tree was a 221 ft Douglas fir in Seattle, in December 1950.
- RKO Pictures bought the movie rights to "White Christmas" in 1946 for $10,000.
- In Mexico, wearing red underwear on New Year's Eve is said to bring new love in the upcoming year.
- Christmas caroling began as an old English custom called Wassailing--wishing neighbors a long and healthy life.
- American mistletoe, is one of 1,300 species of mistletoe worldwide - only two are native to the United States.
- 92 volunteers from 24 states, as well as residence staff, spent 3,400 hours decorating the White House.
- The Christmas tree can be traced back to the ancient Romans who decorated trees with small pieces of metal.
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