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- The 2009 White House Blue Room Christmas Tree is an 18 1/2-by-13-foot Douglas fir.
- In 1843, "A Christmas Carol" was written by Charles Dickens in just six weeks.
- In 1937, the first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria.
- The Christmas tree can be traced back to the ancient Romans who decorated trees with small pieces of metal.
- The poinsettia plant was brought into the United States from Mexico by Joel Poinsett in the early 1800's.
- Since 1933, the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular has been a mainstay for the holidays in New York City.
- The 2009 White House Blue Room Christmas Tree is an 18 1/2-by-13-foot Douglas fir.
- Since 1925, America's official national Christmas tree is located in King's Canyon National Park in California.
- The first president to decorate the White House Christmas tree in the United States was Franklin Pierce.
- The first president to decorate the White House Christmas tree in the United States was Franklin Pierce.
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