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- The first printed reference to Christmas trees appeared in Germany in 1531.
- Over 73 million new Christmas trees will be planted this year.
- In the Ukraine, if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas morning, it is believed to be good luck!
- 54 % of holiday cards use the text "Merry Christmas", 12% use "Season's Greetings", and 21% say "Happy Holidays"
- 21% of US households have a real Christmas tree, 48% have an artificial tree and 32% do not have a Christmas tree.
- In Mexico (its original birthplace), the poinsettia is known as the "Flower of the Holy Night."
- Sugar Plums are chocolate candies that are filled with fruit preservatives or other sweet cream fillings.
- The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center has more than 25,000 lights but no other ornaments except for the star on top.
- American mistletoe, is one of 1,300 species of mistletoe worldwide - only two are native to the United States.
- Scotch pine, Douglas fir, Noble fir, Virginia pine, Balsam fir and White pine are the most popular Christmas trees.
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