The word Christmas is Old English, a contraction of Christ's Mass.
The first president to decorate the white house Christmas tree in the United
States was Franklin Pierce.
Germany made the first artificial Christmas trees. They were made of goose
feathers and dyed green.
Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
The first Christmas cards were vintage and invented in 1843, the Victorian Era.
"It's a Wonderful Life" appears on TV more often than any other holiday movie.
"Rudolph" was actually created by Montgomery Ward in the late 1930's for a
holiday promotion. The rest is history.
"The Nutcracker" is the most famous Christmas ballet.
"Jingle Bells" was first written for Thanksgiving and then became one of the
most popular Christmas songs.
If you received all of the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," you
would receive 364 gifts.
The poinsettia plant was brought into the United States from Mexico by Joel
Poinsett in the early 1800's.
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