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Random Facts
By Linsay Carlson - 12/21/2007
n During the Christmas buying season, Visa cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute in the United States.
Christmas has been celebrated in the White House since 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was president.
Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in 1895. The new lights proved safer than the traditional candles.
In 1895 President Grover Cleveland used electric lights on a Christmas tree in the White House.
Hallmark introduced its first Christmas cards in 1915.
The first record of a Christmas tree in the White House was in 1889 when President Harrison decorated a live tree with tinsel and popcorn.
In 1907, Oklahoma became the last U.S. state to declare Christmas a legal holiday.
In 1937, the first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria.
More than 3 billion Christmas cards are sent annually in the United States.
Franklin Pierce was the first president to decorate an official White House Christmas tree for public viewing.
The first Christmas card was created in England on Dec. 9, 1842.
The movie “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (2000) features more than 52,000 Christmas lights, about 8,200 Christmas ornaments and nearly 2,000 candy canes.
In 1961, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy began the tradition of selecting a theme for the official White House Christmas tree.
According to Gale Research, the average American household wraps 30 Christmas gifts each year.
Christmas trees are edible. Many parts of pines, spruces and firs can be eaten. The needles are a good source of vitamin C.
For every real Christmas tree harvested, two to three seedlings are planted in its place.
— Compiled by Linsay Carlson, The Montana Standard Sources: http://www.corsi-net.com/braincandy/xmastrivia.html, www.uselessknowledge.com, http://www.whitehousehistory.org/, http://www.whitehouse.gov/holiday/2007/index.html
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