- 3 billion Christmas cards are sent in the U.S. each year.
- Christmas trees have been sold in the U.S. since 1850.
- It takes about 15 years to grow the average Christmas tree.
- Alabama was the first state to officially recognize Christmas in 1836. Oklahoma was the last, in 1907.
- Santa Claus is based on a real person: St. Nikolas of Myra. He is the patron saint of banking, pawn broking, sailing, orphans and New York City.
- President Teddy Roosevelt, an environmentalist, banned Christmas trees from the White House in 1901.
- Approximately 35 million living Christmas trees are sold each year in the U.S.; more than 45 million are planted.
- Holiday purchases account for one sixth of all yearly retail sales in the U.S.
- “White Christmas” by Irving Berlin is the best-selling single record of all time, with over 100 million sales, worldwide.
- All the gifts in the Twelve Days of Christmas would equal 364 gifts.
