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- In the Kwanzaa ritual, seven candles called Mishumaa Saba are placed in a Kinara, or candleholder.
- In Mexico, wearing red underwear on New Year's Eve is said to bring new love in the upcoming year.
- There are more classic movies, productions, and songs played during Christmas than any other time of the year.
- Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states including Hawaii and Alaska.
- More diamonds are sold around Christmas than any other time of the year.
- Arthur Rankin, Jr., and Jules Bass achieved fame in 1964 with their animated version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."
- In the Kwanzaa ritual, seven candles called Mishumaa Saba are placed in a Kinara, or candleholder.
- During the Christmas buying season, Visa Cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute in the U.S.
- The poinsettia plant was brought into the United States from Mexico by Joel Poinsett in the early 1800's.
- If you received all of the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", you would receive 364 presents.
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