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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.
  • 92 volunteers from 24 states, as well as residence staff, spent 3,400 hours decorating the White House.
  • The world's first singing Christmas commercial aired on the radio on Christmas Eve, 1926 for Wheaties cereal.
  • In Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine of a goat made of straw.
  • Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states including Hawaii and Alaska.
  • Mark Carr of New York started first Christmas tree retail lot in the United States, in 1851.
  • Christmas became a national holiday in America on June, 26, 1870.
  • The first official White House card was issued in the year of 1953 by President Eisenhower.
  • Christmas trees take from 6 to 14 years to mature for harvest.
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