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- The 2009 White House Christmas theme: 'Reflect, rejoice, renew'
- If you received all of the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", you would receive 364 presents.
- The traditional flaming Christmas pudding dates back to 1670 in England.
- The first printed reference to Christmas trees appeared in Germany in 1531.
- "Rudolph" was actually created by Montgomery Ward in the late 1930's for a holiday promotion.
- In 1947, Toys for Tots organized its first Christmas toy drive for needy youngsters.
- In 16th-century Germany fir trees were decorated with apples, roses, gilded candies, and colored paper.
- St. Francis of Assisi introduced the singing of carols to holiday church services.
- The inventor of the Christmas "cracker" or bon-bon was Tom Smith who owned a sweet shop in London.
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