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- Approximately 33% of the holiday cards purchased each year contain a religious message.
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Gene Autry (1949) sold 2 million copies of the song in it's first year.
- The "Urn of Fate" is part of the Christmas Eve celebrations in many Italian households. It holds a wrapped present.
- In 1947, Toys for Tots organized its first Christmas toy drive for needy youngsters.
- In 1948, the most popular Christmas Toy in the U.S. was the Scrabble board game.
- Holly berries are poisonous.
- 85% of people in the United States mail holiday cards each year.
- In Roman times, holiday gift giving was popular during Saturnalia, a winter solstice celebration.
- Over 73 million new Christmas trees will be planted this year.
- Over 73 million new Christmas trees will be planted this year.
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