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- Sugar Plums are chocolate candies that are filled with fruit preservatives or other sweet cream fillings.
- 21% of US households have a real Christmas tree, 48% have an artificial tree and 32% do not have a Christmas tree.
- An average household in America will mail out 28 Christmas cards each year and receive 28 in return
- 54 % of holiday cards use the text "Merry Christmas", 12% use "Season's Greetings", and 21% say "Happy Holidays"
- Over 100,000 people are employed in the Christmas tree industry.
- In Mexico (its original birthplace), the poinsettia is known as the "Flower of the Holy Night."
- Hallmark introduced its first Christmas cards in 1915, five years after the founding of the company.
- In New York, it's not officially Christmastime until the tree is lit at Rockefeller Center. The first tree appeared in 1931.
- Scotch pine, Douglas fir, Noble fir, Virginia pine, Balsam fir and White pine are the most popular Christmas trees.
- The National Christmas Tree Association gives a Christmas tree to the President and first family every year.
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