By: India Johnson
- “Jingle Bells” was originally a song made for Thanksgiving but it is a well-known Christmas song.
- Germans made the first artificial Christmas tree out of dyed goose feathers.
- Christmas trees are typically grown for fifteen years before being sold.
- Christmas was not an official holiday in the United States until June 26, 1870.
- The United States issued the first Christmas postal stamp in 1962.
- Spiders are considered a symbol of good luck in Ukraine.
- In Arizona, there is a 30-foot tall tree made of tumbleweeds.
- President Teddy Roosevelt banned Christmas trees from the White House in 1901.
- Apples were one of the first forms of Christmas tree decorations.
- It is a tradition to eat KFC for Christmas in Japan.