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- Edward H. Johnson created 80 red, white, and blue electrical light bulbs in 1882.
- In 16th-century Germany fir trees were decorated with apples, roses, gilded candies, and colored paper.
- The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center has more than 25,000 lights but no other ornaments except for the star on top.
- "Wassail" comes from the Old Norse "ves heill"--to be of good health.
- In 1937, the first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria.
- The World's Largest Cut Christmas Tree was a 221 ft Douglas fir in Seattle, in December 1950.
- Twenty-two million turkeys are consumed each year at Christmas, compared to 45 million at Thanksgiving.
- The 2009 White House Christmas theme: 'Reflect, rejoice, renew'
- More than 330,000 real Christmas trees are sold via e-commerce or catalogs.
- 54 % of holiday cards use the text "Merry Christmas", 12% use "Season's Greetings", and 21% say "Happy Holidays"
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