Best selling Christmas song
Bing Crosby's Christmas classic "White Christmas" is the best-selling Christmas song of all time.
Christmas day as a legal holiday
Alabama was the first state in America to proclaim Christmas day as a legal holiday in 1836.
Oklahoma was the last state to proclaim Christmas day as a legal holiday in 1907.
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Happy Christmas instead of Merry Christmas
Australian priests suggest saying "Happy Christmas" instead of Merry Christmas since "merry" often referred to drinking alcohol.
Douglas fir and Evergreen
Christmas trees such a Douglas fir and Evergreen are grown in all 50 states of America.