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- Christmas cookies for Santa began during the Great Depression to inspire children to share with others in hard times.
- The first person to bring a Christmas tree into a house may have been the 16th century German preacher, Martin Luther.
- Over 1.76 billion candy canes are produced during Christmas.
- The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center has more than 25,000 lights but no other ornaments except for the star on top.
- The day after Christmas, December 26, is known as Boxing Day. It is also the holy day called The Feast of St. Stephen.
- Mark Carr of New York started first Christmas tree retail lot in the United States, in 1851.
- More than 330,000 real Christmas trees are sold via e-commerce or catalogs.
- The first president to decorate the White House Christmas tree in the United States was Franklin Pierce.
- The World's Largest Cut Christmas Tree was a 221 ft Douglas fir in Seattle, in December 1950.
- In 1948, the most popular Christmas Toy in the U.S. was the Scrabble board game.
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