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- In 1947, Toys for Tots organized its first Christmas toy drive for needy youngsters.
- The U.S. is home to approximately 3,000 greeting card publishers.
- The National Christmas Tree Association gives a Christmas tree to the President and first family every year.
- 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.
- "It's a Wonderful Life" appears on TV more often than any other holiday movie.
- In 1937, the first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria.
- The2009 Gingerbread White House is 56 x 29 inches and made with 250 lbs of chocolate and 140 lbs of gingerbread.
- After "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens wrote one Christmas story each year, but none more successful.
- Mattel sells two Barbie dolls per second, and 90 percent of American girls have had at least one Barbie doll.
- In 1948, the Marine Corps adopted the Toys for Tots program and extended it across the nation.
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