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- The "Urn of Fate" is part of the Christmas Eve celebrations in many Italian households. It holds a wrapped present.
- During the Christmas buying season, Visa Cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute in the U.S.
- Doctor Maulana Karenga, a Professor at Cal State Long Beach, created Kwanzaa in 1966.
- The first commemorative Christmas stamp was issued in Austria in 1937.
- In Mexico, wearing red underwear on New Year's Eve is said to bring new love in the upcoming year.
- The Nutcracker (Ballet) was adapted from The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, by German writer E.T.A. Hoffman.
- Six of the trees on display in the White House are live trees that will be planted after the holidays.
- An average household in America will mail out 28 Christmas cards each year and receive 28 in return
- In 1843, "A Christmas Carol" was written by Charles Dickens in just six weeks.
- The poinsettia plant was brought into the United States from Mexico by Joel Poinsett in the early 1800's.
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