Christmas Fun Facts

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By Jeanne Benedict
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Did you know that an estimated 2.1 billion Christmas cards will be sent this holiday season? Here are some more Christmas fun facts to spark conversation at your holiday parties.

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In 1610 Tinsel, made of real silver, was invented in Germany.
Lauscha, a Germany company, started producing glass bead garlands for Christmas Trees in the 1850s.
"White Christmas," sung by Bing Crosby was released in 1942 and is considered to be the best-selling Christmas song.
The world’s largest Christmas wreath, as designated by the Guinness Book of World Records in 1988, was 116 feet in diameter and weighed 9060 pounds. It was constructed at the Clemonsville Christmas Tree Farm in Maryland and made from fresh evergreens on an oak framework.
Legend has it that in 1670, the choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany handed out sugar sticks to his young singers to keep them quiet during the long Living Creche ceremony. In honor of the occasion, he had the candies bent into shepherds' crooks. In 1847, a German-Swedish immigrant named August Imgard of Wooster, Ohio, decorated a small blue spruce with paper ornaments and candy canes. It wasn't until the turn of the century that the red and white stripes and peppermint flavors became the norm. Courtesy of the National Confectioner’s Association.