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- 1700s Europeans baked fruitcakes at the end of the harvest, then ate them at the beginning of the next year's harvest for good luck.
- The inventor of the Christmas "cracker" or bon-bon was Tom Smith who owned a sweet shop in London.
- The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center has more than 25,000 lights but no other ornaments except for the star on top.
- "Wassail" comes from the Old Norse "ves heill"--to be of good health.
- The2009 Gingerbread White House is 56 x 29 inches and made with 250 lbs of chocolate and 140 lbs of gingerbread.
- 1700s Europeans baked fruitcakes at the end of the harvest, then ate them at the beginning of the next year's harvest for good luck.
- Edward H. Johnson created 80 red, white, and blue electrical light bulbs in 1882.
- In the Ukraine, if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas morning, it is believed to be good luck!
- Christmas became a national holiday in America on June, 26, 1870.
- In 1843, "A Christmas Carol" was written by Charles Dickens in just six weeks.
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