Other Treats
Oatmeal Raisin Quick Bread
Healthy, moist, delicious! This quick bread is the perfect treat for holiday visitors.
Holiday Fun Facts:
  • Mark Carr of New York started first Christmas tree retail lot in the United States, in 1851.
  • The "Urn of Fate" is part of the Christmas Eve celebrations in many Italian households. It holds a wrapped present.
  • The Christmas tree can be traced back to the ancient Romans who decorated trees with small pieces of metal.
  • Queen Elizabeth's Christmas message to the nation was first televised on December 25, 1957.
  • Candy canes began as straight white sticks of sugar candy used to decorated the Christmas trees.
  • Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states including Hawaii and Alaska.
  • The Post Office expects to deliver 20 Billion pieces of mail between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year.
  • Christmas trees take from 6 to 14 years to mature for harvest.
  • In the Ukraine, if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas morning, it is believed to be good luck!
  • In the Ukraine, if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas morning, it is believed to be good luck!
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