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- Mattel sells two Barbie dolls per second, and 90 percent of American girls have had at least one Barbie doll.
- Oregon produces the most real Christmas trees at over 8.6 million.
- If you received all of the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", you would receive 364 presents.
- In Mexico (its original birthplace), the poinsettia is known as the "Flower of the Holy Night."
- "White Christmas" (1954), starring Bing Crosby, was the first movie to be made in Vista Vision, a deep-focus process.
- Christmas became a national holiday in America on June, 26, 1870.
- The American version of St. Nicholas, or Santa Claus originally came from the Dutch version called Sint Klaas.
- The Post Office expects to deliver 20 Billion pieces of mail between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year.
- Edward H. Johnson created 80 red, white, and blue electrical light bulbs in 1882.
- Edward H. Johnson created 80 red, white, and blue electrical light bulbs in 1882.
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