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Some strange facts about the Christmas holiday are presented below:
- The first commercial Christmas card was produced and
sold in London in 1843.
- Americans send an estimated 1.5 billion Christmas
cards each year.
- The song "Jingle Bells" was copyrighted in 1857.
"Deck The Halls" is even older - from the late 18th century.
- A large Christmas tree is traditionally placed every
year in Rockefeller Center (Manhattan, New York City). The tallest tree
placed in Rockefeller Center was a 100 foot Norway spruce from Connecticut in
1999.
- The most expensive Christmas tree was decorated in
the United Arab Emirates in 2010 at an estimated cost of over $11 million.
- The practice of Christmas gift giving was once banned
by the Catholic Church. It was suspected that this tradition had roots
in Paganism.
- Americans buy 25-30 million real trees and 8-12
million artificial trees to decorate each year.
- There are two towns in the United States with the
name of Santa Claus but only one named North Pole. They are located in
Georgia, Indiana and Alaska, respectively.
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