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- 21% of US households have a real Christmas tree, 48% have an artificial tree and 32% do not have a Christmas tree.
- The Post Office expects to deliver 20 Billion pieces of mail between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year.
- After "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens wrote one Christmas story each year, but none more successful.
- Sugar Plums are chocolate candies that are filled with fruit preservatives or other sweet cream fillings.
- "White Christmas" (1954), starring Bing Crosby, was the first movie to be made in Vista Vision, a deep-focus process.
- Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion.
- The American version of St. Nicholas, or Santa Claus originally came from the Dutch version called Sint Klaas.
- Mark Carr of New York started first Christmas tree retail lot in the United States, in 1851.
- LED Christmas lights feature long lifetimes, low cost to operate and associated low maintenance.
- Edward H. Johnson created 80 red, white, and blue electrical light bulbs in 1882.
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