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- The first commemorative Christmas stamp was issued in Austria in 1937.
- Edward H. Johnson created 80 red, white, and blue electrical light bulbs in 1882.
- Mattel sells two Barbie dolls per second, and 90 percent of American girls have had at least one Barbie doll.
- During the Christmas buying season, Visa Cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute in the U.S.
- Six of the trees on display in the White House are live trees that will be planted after the holidays.
- In New York, it's not officially Christmastime until the tree is lit at Rockefeller Center. The first tree appeared in 1931.
- Doctor Maulana Karenga, a Professor at Cal State Long Beach, created Kwanzaa in 1966.
- Thomas Nast found inspiration for his painting of Santa Claus from Clement C. Moore's "The Night Before Christmas."
- "Rudolph" was actually created by Montgomery Ward in the late 1930's for a holiday promotion.
- "It's a Wonderful Life" appears on TV more often than any other holiday movie.
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