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- 92 volunteers from 24 states, as well as residence staff, spent 3,400 hours decorating the White House.
- Doctor Maulana Karenga, a Professor at Cal State Long Beach, created Kwanzaa in 1966.
- Twenty-two million turkeys are consumed each year at Christmas, compared to 45 million at Thanksgiving.
- Since 1925, America's official national Christmas tree is located in King's Canyon National Park in California.
- The 2009 White House Blue Room Christmas Tree is an 18 1/2-by-13-foot Douglas fir.
- In 1948, the Marine Corps adopted the Toys for Tots program and extended it across the nation.
- The Christmas tree can be traced back to the ancient Romans who decorated trees with small pieces of metal.
- In Mexico (its original birthplace), the poinsettia is known as the "Flower of the Holy Night."
- In Mexico, wearing red underwear on New Year's Eve is said to bring new love in the upcoming year.
- In Mexico, wearing red underwear on New Year's Eve is said to bring new love in the upcoming year.
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