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- Scotch pine, Douglas fir, Noble fir, Virginia pine, Balsam fir and White pine are the most popular Christmas trees.
- During the Christmas/Hanukkah season, more than 1.76 billion candy canes will be made.
- "White Christmas" (1954), starring Bing Crosby, was the first movie to be made in Vista Vision, a deep-focus process.
- 54 % of holiday cards use the text "Merry Christmas", 12% use "Season's Greetings", and 21% say "Happy Holidays"
- Over 100,000 people are employed in the Christmas tree industry.
- In Mexico (its original birthplace), the poinsettia is known as the "Flower of the Holy Night."
- Hallmark introduced its first Christmas cards in 1915, five years after the founding of the company.
- In New York, it's not officially Christmastime until the tree is lit at Rockefeller Center. The first tree appeared in 1931.
- Scotch pine, Douglas fir, Noble fir, Virginia pine, Balsam fir and White pine are the most popular Christmas trees.
- The National Christmas Tree Association gives a Christmas tree to the President and first family every year.
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