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- More diamonds are sold around Christmas than any other time of the year.
- Electric lights for trees were first used in the White House in 1895.
- 54 % of holiday cards use the text "Merry Christmas", 12% use "Season's Greetings", and 21% say "Happy Holidays"
- Six of the trees on display in the White House are live trees that will be planted after the holidays.
- The first president to decorate the White House Christmas tree in the United States was Franklin Pierce.
- The traditional flaming Christmas pudding dates back to 1670 in England.
- In New York, it's not officially Christmastime until the tree is lit at Rockefeller Center. The first tree appeared in 1931.
- More diamonds are sold around Christmas than any other time of the year.
- 85% of people in the United States mail holiday cards each year.
- 85% of people in the United States mail holiday cards each year.
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