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- Candy canes began as straight white sticks of sugar candy used to decorated the Christmas trees.
- Thomas Nast found inspiration for his painting of Santa Claus from Clement C. Moore's "The Night Before Christmas."
- The 2009 White House Blue Room Christmas Tree is an 18 1/2-by-13-foot Douglas fir.
- The Post Office expects to deliver 20 Billion pieces of mail between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year.
- In Japan, Santa is called "Santa no ojisan," which means "Uncle Santa."
- Kwanzaa is celebrated fom December 26 to January 1 and involves seven principles called Nguzo Saba
- Candy canes began as straight white sticks of sugar candy used to decorated the Christmas trees.
- After "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens wrote one Christmas story each year, but none more successful.
- Mattel sells two Barbie dolls per second, and 90 percent of American girls have had at least one Barbie doll.
- In 1948, the Marine Corps adopted the Toys for Tots program and extended it across the nation.
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