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- In 1937, the first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria.
- Approximately 33% of the holiday cards purchased each year contain a religious message.
- Mark Carr of New York started first Christmas tree retail lot in the United States, in 1851.
- In the Ukraine, if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas morning, it is believed to be good luck!
- The first printed reference to Christmas trees appeared in Germany in 1531.
- If you received all of the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", you would receive 364 presents.
- After "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens wrote one Christmas story each year, but none more successful.
- In 1610 Tinsel, made of real silver, was invented in Germany.
- In the Kwanzaa ritual, seven candles called Mishumaa Saba are placed in a Kinara, or candleholder.
- Kwanzaa is celebrated fom December 26 to January 1 and involves seven principles called Nguzo Saba
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