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- Six of the trees on display in the White House are live trees that will be planted after the holidays.
- The2009 Gingerbread White House is 56 x 29 inches and made with 250 lbs of chocolate and 140 lbs of gingerbread.
- In New York, it's not officially Christmastime until the tree is lit at Rockefeller Center. The first tree appeared in 1931.
- Alabama is the first state to give Christmas the status of holiday in 1836.
- More diamonds are sold around Christmas than any other time of the year.
- The Nutcracker (Ballet) was adapted from The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, by German writer E.T.A. Hoffman.
- In the Kwanzaa ritual, seven candles called Mishumaa Saba are placed in a Kinara, or candleholder.
- During the Christmas buying season, Visa Cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute in the U.S.
- The poinsettia plant was brought into the United States from Mexico by Joel Poinsett in the early 1800's.
- The poinsettia plant was brought into the United States from Mexico by Joel Poinsett in the early 1800's.
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