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- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Gene Autry (1949) sold 2 million copies of the song in it's first year.
- Over 100,000 people are employed in the Christmas tree industry.
- During the Christmas buying season, Visa Cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute in the U.S.
- Two years before directing a "A Christmas Story," Bob Clark had a hit with "Porky's."
- In the Ukraine, if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas morning, it is believed to be good luck!
- The Christmas tree can be traced back to the ancient Romans who decorated trees with small pieces of metal.
- Holly berries are poisonous.
- Hallmark introduced its first Christmas cards in 1915, five years after the founding of the company.
- Thomas Nast found inspiration for his painting of Santa Claus from Clement C. Moore's "The Night Before Christmas."
- There are more classic movies, productions, and songs played during Christmas than any other time of the year.
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