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- In 16th-century Germany fir trees were decorated with apples, roses, gilded candies, and colored paper.
- If you received all of the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", you would receive 364 presents.
- The traditional flaming Christmas pudding dates back to 1670 in England.
- RKO Pictures bought the movie rights to "White Christmas" in 1946 for $10,000.
- The first commemorative Christmas stamp was issued in Austria in 1937.
- The2009 Gingerbread White House is 56 x 29 inches and made with 250 lbs of chocolate and 140 lbs of gingerbread.
- During the Christmas buying season, Visa Cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute in the U.S.
- There are over 10,000 cut-your-own farms for Christmas trees in the United States.
- "White Christmas" (1954), starring Bing Crosby, was the first movie to be made in Vista Vision, a deep-focus process.
- 92 volunteers from 24 states, as well as residence staff, spent 3,400 hours decorating the White House.
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