In 1907, Oklahoma became the last U.S. state to declare Christmas a legal holiday.

During the Christmas buying season, Visa cards are used an average of 5,340 times every minute in the United States.

California, Oregon, Michigan, Washington, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina are the top Christmas tree producing states.

The Bijou is the name of the theater that George yells Merry Christmas to.

Before settling on the name Tiny Tim for his character in “A Christmas Carol,” three other names were considered by Charles Dickens.  They were Little Larry, Puny Pete, and Small Sam.

An average household in America will mail out 28 Christmas cards each year.

Alabama was the first state to recognize Christmas as an official holiday, beginning this tradition in 1836.

According to the National Christmas Tree Association, Americans buy 37.1 million real Christmas trees each  year, and 25 percent of them are from the nation’s 5,000 choose-and-cut farms.

The glass Christmas ornament that has to be found first on the Christmas tree is the pickle ornament.

This popular Christmas candy was the candy cane.