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- "Wassail" comes from the Old Norse "ves heill"--to be of good health.
- LED Christmas lights feature long lifetimes, low cost to operate and associated low maintenance.
- An average household in America will mail out 28 Christmas cards each year and receive 28 in return
- Edward H. Johnson created 80 red, white, and blue electrical light bulbs in 1882.
- "It's a Wonderful Life" appears on TV more often than any other holiday movie.
- The first commemorative Christmas stamp was issued in Austria in 1937.
- Holly berries are poisonous.
- Doctor Maulana Karenga, a Professor at Cal State Long Beach, created Kwanzaa in 1966.
- More than 50,000 people are expected to attend 28 holiday parties at the White House in December 2009.
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