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- Six of the trees on display in the White House are live trees that will be planted after the holidays.
- In Mexico, wearing red underwear on New Year's Eve is said to bring new love in the upcoming year.
- There are more classic movies, productions, and songs played during Christmas than any other time of the year.
- Alabama is the first state to give Christmas the status of holiday in 1836.
- More diamonds are sold around Christmas than any other time of the year.
- Arthur Rankin, Jr., and Jules Bass achieved fame in 1964 with their animated version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."
- In the Kwanzaa ritual, seven candles called Mishumaa Saba are placed in a Kinara, or candleholder.
- During the Christmas buying season, Visa Cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute in the U.S.
- The poinsettia plant was brought into the United States from Mexico by Joel Poinsett in the early 1800's.
- The Post Office expects to deliver 20 Billion pieces of mail between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year.
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