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- Hallmark introduced its first Christmas cards in 1915, five years after the founding of the company.
- 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.
- Christmas cards account for 60% of all card sales. A distant second is Valentine's Day at 25%.
- Two years before directing a "A Christmas Story," Bob Clark had a hit with "Porky's."
- "Jingle Bells" was first written for Thanksgiving but later became one of the most popular Christmas songs.
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Gene Autry (1949) sold 2 million copies of the song in it's first year.
- There are more classic movies, productions, and songs played during Christmas than any other time of the year.
- The National Christmas Tree Association gives a Christmas tree to the President and first family every year.
- Mark Carr of New York started first Christmas tree retail lot in the United States, in 1851.
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