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- For every real Christmas tree harvested, 2 to 3 seedlings are planted in its place.
- The first official White House card was issued in the year of 1953 by President Eisenhower.
- Lauscha, a Germany company, started producing glass bead garlands for Christmas Trees in the 1850s.
- The Nutcracker (Ballet) was adapted from The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, by German writer E.T.A. Hoffman.
- Christmas trees take from 6 to 14 years to mature for harvest.
- Scotch pine, Douglas fir, Noble fir, Virginia pine, Balsam fir and White pine are the most popular Christmas trees.
- The traditional flaming Christmas pudding dates back to 1670 in England.
- "It's a Wonderful Life" appears on TV more often than any other holiday movie.
- Hallmark introduced its first Christmas cards in 1915, five years after the founding of the company.
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Gene Autry (1949) sold 2 million copies of the song in it's first year.
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