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- There are over 10,000 cut-your-own farms for Christmas trees in the United States.
- Holly berries are poisonous.
- Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states including Hawaii and Alaska.
- The World's Largest Cut Christmas Tree was a 221 ft Douglas fir in Seattle, in December 1950.
- RKO Pictures bought the movie rights to "White Christmas" in 1946 for $10,000.
- After "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens wrote one Christmas story each year, but none more successful.
- American mistletoe, is one of 1,300 species of mistletoe worldwide - only two are native to the United States.
- The U.S. is home to approximately 3,000 greeting card publishers.
- In 1948, the most popular Christmas Toy in the U.S. was the Scrabble board game.
- The White House will have 780 feet of garland, 27 Christmas trees, 232 wreaths and 412 poinsettias.
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