• The first commercial 크리스마스 cards were commissioned in London, in 1843, 의해 Sir Henry Cole, with illustration 의해 John Callcott Horsley. President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued the first official White House card in 1953.
• "Rudolph" was actually created 의해 Robert May for Montgomery Ward in the late 1930's as a holiday promotion. The song was written later 의해 Johnny Marks, and recorded 의해 Gene Autry in 1949; it promptly sold about 2 million copies.
• 크리스마스 became an official national holiday in the USA on June 28, 1870.
• Poinsettias are the most 인기 크리스마스 plant and are the number one "flowering" potted plant in the United States.
• Franklin Pierce put the first 크리스마스 나무, 트리 in the White House (in 1856), for a group of Washington Sunday School children. Benjamin Harrison is credited with starting the tradition of the White House tree, being the first to have a decorated family 크리스마스 나무, 트리 in the White House in 1889, and Calvin Coolidge put the first National 크리스마스 나무, 트리 on the White House lawn (not in the White House) in 1923.
• The first reported electrically lit 크리스마스 나무, 트리 was in December, 1882. The world's first practical light bulb was invented 의해 Thomas Edison in 1879, and a mere three years later, in 1882, an officer of Edison's electric company, one Edward Johnson, electrically lit a 크리스마스 나무, 트리 for the first time. In 1917, after a tragic 불, 화재 in New York City that was caused 의해 크리스마스 candles, Albert Sadacca (fifteen years old at the time) invented safety lights for 크리스마스 trees. Decorating a live 크리스마스 나무, 트리 outdoors became popular, and eventually moved to indoor trees. The outdoor lights also moved onto houses, and decorating houses in lights became (and has remained) popular.
• 크리스마스 trees are grown in all 50 states, including Hawaii and Alaska.
• In 1979, the National 크리스마스 나무, 트리 was not lighted except for the 상단, 맨 위로 ornament. This was done because of the American hostages in Iran.
• According to the 기네스 World Records, the world's tallest cut 크리스마스 나무, 트리 was a 221' Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) erected and decorated at Northgate Shopping Center, Seattle, Washington, USA, in December 1950.
• 의해 the way, NORAD tracks Santa around the world every Christmas. If you'd like to find out how they do it, and how 당신 can follow along, check out NORAD's website here. link
• "Rudolph" was actually created 의해 Robert May for Montgomery Ward in the late 1930's as a holiday promotion. The song was written later 의해 Johnny Marks, and recorded 의해 Gene Autry in 1949; it promptly sold about 2 million copies.
• 크리스마스 became an official national holiday in the USA on June 28, 1870.
• Poinsettias are the most 인기 크리스마스 plant and are the number one "flowering" potted plant in the United States.
• Franklin Pierce put the first 크리스마스 나무, 트리 in the White House (in 1856), for a group of Washington Sunday School children. Benjamin Harrison is credited with starting the tradition of the White House tree, being the first to have a decorated family 크리스마스 나무, 트리 in the White House in 1889, and Calvin Coolidge put the first National 크리스마스 나무, 트리 on the White House lawn (not in the White House) in 1923.
• The first reported electrically lit 크리스마스 나무, 트리 was in December, 1882. The world's first practical light bulb was invented 의해 Thomas Edison in 1879, and a mere three years later, in 1882, an officer of Edison's electric company, one Edward Johnson, electrically lit a 크리스마스 나무, 트리 for the first time. In 1917, after a tragic 불, 화재 in New York City that was caused 의해 크리스마스 candles, Albert Sadacca (fifteen years old at the time) invented safety lights for 크리스마스 trees. Decorating a live 크리스마스 나무, 트리 outdoors became popular, and eventually moved to indoor trees. The outdoor lights also moved onto houses, and decorating houses in lights became (and has remained) popular.
• 크리스마스 trees are grown in all 50 states, including Hawaii and Alaska.
• In 1979, the National 크리스마스 나무, 트리 was not lighted except for the 상단, 맨 위로 ornament. This was done because of the American hostages in Iran.
• According to the 기네스 World Records, the world's tallest cut 크리스마스 나무, 트리 was a 221' Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) erected and decorated at Northgate Shopping Center, Seattle, Washington, USA, in December 1950.
• 의해 the way, NORAD tracks Santa around the world every Christmas. If you'd like to find out how they do it, and how 당신 can follow along, check out NORAD's website here. link
