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- "Wassail" comes from the Old Norse "ves heill"--to be of good health.
- The first printed reference to Christmas trees appeared in Germany in 1531.
- The first president to decorate the White House Christmas tree in the United States was Franklin Pierce.
- An average household in America will mail out 28 Christmas cards each year and receive 28 in return
- Edward H. Johnson created 80 red, white, and blue electrical light bulbs in 1882.
- "Rudolph" was actually created by Montgomery Ward in the late 1930's for a holiday promotion.
- The first commemorative Christmas stamp was issued in Austria in 1937.
- Holly berries are poisonous.
- Doctor Maulana Karenga, a Professor at Cal State Long Beach, created Kwanzaa in 1966.
- In New York, it's not officially Christmastime until the tree is lit at Rockefeller Center. The first tree appeared in 1931.
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