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- RKO Pictures bought the movie rights to "White Christmas" in 1946 for $10,000.
- An average household in America will mail out 28 Christmas cards each year and receive 28 in return
- Kwanzaa is celebrated fom December 26 to January 1 and involves seven principles called Nguzo Saba
- American mistletoe, is one of 1,300 species of mistletoe worldwide - only two are native to the United States.
- During the Christmas buying season, Visa Cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute in the U.S.
- LED Christmas lights feature long lifetimes, low cost to operate and associated low maintenance.
- During the Christmas/Hanukkah season, more than 1.76 billion candy canes will be made.
- The World's Largest Cut Christmas Tree was a 221 ft Douglas fir in Seattle, in December 1950.
- The American version of St. Nicholas, or Santa Claus originally came from the Dutch version called Sint Klaas.
- Since 1925, America's official national Christmas tree is located in King's Canyon National Park in California.
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