Thank you for a wonderful year!
We're wishing you a blessed time with family and friends. If you need a little help with small talk this holiday...here are a few pieces of Christmas trivia you may enjoy!
- The typical Christmas tree grows for 15 years before it is ready to be cut and sold.
- Alabama was the first state to officially recognize Christmas as a holiday - in 1836.
- The earliest Christmas trees were decorated with apples.
- Americans send on average 1.5 billion Christmas cards.
- "Jingle Bells" was originally written for Thanksgiving.
- For Santa to visit all the homes he needs to on Christmas Eve, he would have to visit 822 homes a second.
- The best selling Christmas song is "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby.
- Ebenezer Scrooge's original catch phrase was "Bah Christmas" - then changed to "Bah Humbug".
- If someone was to receive all of the gifts from the 12 Days of Christmas you would receive 364 gifts.
- The busiest shopping days of the year are the Friday and Saturday before Christmas.
Happy Holidays!
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