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- Sugar Plums are chocolate candies that are filled with fruit preservatives or other sweet cream fillings.
- Over 73 million new Christmas trees will be planted this year.
- The first president to decorate the White House Christmas tree in the United States was Franklin Pierce.
- An average household in America will mail out 28 Christmas cards each year and receive 28 in return
- Edward H. Johnson created 80 red, white, and blue electrical light bulbs in 1882.
- "Rudolph" was actually created by Montgomery Ward in the late 1930's for a holiday promotion.
- The first commemorative Christmas stamp was issued in Austria in 1937.
- Holly berries are poisonous.
- Doctor Maulana Karenga, a Professor at Cal State Long Beach, created Kwanzaa in 1966.
- Doctor Maulana Karenga, a Professor at Cal State Long Beach, created Kwanzaa in 1966.
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