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- Arthur Rankin, Jr., and Jules Bass achieved fame in 1964 with their animated version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."
- Alabama is the first state to give Christmas the status of holiday in 1836.
- The World's Largest Cut Christmas Tree was a 221 ft Douglas fir in Seattle, in December 1950.
- Holly berries are poisonous.
- After "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens wrote one Christmas story each year, but none more successful.
- There are over 10,000 cut-your-own farms for Christmas trees in the United States.
- Christmas cards account for 60% of all card sales. A distant second is Valentine's Day at 25%.
- In Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine of a goat made of straw.
- Candy canes began as straight white sticks of sugar candy used to decorated the Christmas trees.
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