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- Lauscha, a Germany company, started producing glass bead garlands for Christmas Trees in the 1850s.
- Candy canes began as straight white sticks of sugar candy used to decorated the Christmas trees.
- The first printed reference to Christmas trees appeared in Germany in 1531.
- The world's first singing Christmas commercial aired on the radio on Christmas Eve, 1926 for Wheaties cereal.
- The "Urn of Fate" is part of the Christmas Eve celebrations in many Italian households. It holds a wrapped present.
- Alabama is the first state to give Christmas the status of holiday in 1836.
- The National Christmas Tree Association gives a Christmas tree to the President and first family every year.
- The first official White House card was issued in the year of 1953 by President Eisenhower.
- "Jingle Bells" was first written for Thanksgiving but later became one of the most popular Christmas songs.
- "Jingle Bells" was first written for Thanksgiving but later became one of the most popular Christmas songs.
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