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- In Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine of a goat made of straw.
- Thomas Nast found inspiration for his painting of Santa Claus from Clement C. Moore's "The Night Before Christmas."
- The 2009 White House Blue Room Christmas Tree is an 18 1/2-by-13-foot Douglas fir.
- Mark Carr of New York started first Christmas tree retail lot in the United States, in 1851.
- In Japan, Santa is called "Santa no ojisan," which means "Uncle Santa."
- In the Kwanzaa ritual, seven candles called Mishumaa Saba are placed in a Kinara, or candleholder.
- Candy canes began as straight white sticks of sugar candy used to decorated the Christmas trees.
- The world's first singing Christmas commercial aired on the radio on Christmas Eve, 1926 for Wheaties cereal.
- After "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens wrote one Christmas story each year, but none more successful.
- "Wassail" comes from the Old Norse "ves heill"--to be of good health.
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