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- Oregon produces the most real Christmas trees at over 8.6 million.
- In the Kwanzaa ritual, seven candles called Mishumaa Saba are placed in a Kinara, or candleholder.
- Gift giving as we know it today is derived from St. Nicholas, a bishop who was known for giving children presents.
- In Japan, Santa is called "Santa no ojisan," which means "Uncle Santa."
- Doctor Maulana Karenga, a Professor at Cal State Long Beach, created Kwanzaa in 1966.
- "White Christmas" (1954), starring Bing Crosby, was the first movie to be made in Vista Vision, a deep-focus process.
- In Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine of a goat made of straw.
- In 16th-century Germany fir trees were decorated with apples, roses, gilded candies, and colored paper.
- In 16th-century Germany fir trees were decorated with apples, roses, gilded candies, and colored paper.
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