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- Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
- The U.S. is home to approximately 3,000 greeting card publishers.
- Kwanzaa is celebrated fom December 26 to January 1 and involves seven principles called Nguzo Saba
- Mattel sells two Barbie dolls per second, and 90 percent of American girls have had at least one Barbie doll.
- Christmas cookies for Santa began during the Great Depression to inspire children to share with others in hard times.
- Christmas became a national holiday in America on June, 26, 1870.
- Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states including Hawaii and Alaska.
- 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.
- Twenty-two million turkeys are consumed each year at Christmas, compared to 45 million at Thanksgiving.
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