• The first commercial Weihnachten cards were commissioned in London, in 1843, Von Sir Henry Cole, with illustration Von John Callcott Horsley. President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued the first official White House card in 1953.
• "Rudolph" was actually created Von Robert May for Montgomery Ward in the late 1930's as a holiday promotion. The song was written later Von Johnny Marks, and recorded Von Gene Autry in 1949; it promptly sold about 2 million copies.
• Weihnachten became an official national holiday in the USA on June 28, 1870.
• Poinsettias are the most beliebt Weihnachten plant and are the number one "flowering" potted plant in the United States.
• Franklin Pierce put the first Weihnachten baum 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 Weihnachten baum in the White House in 1889, and Calvin Coolidge put the first National Weihnachten baum on the White House lawn (not in the White House) in 1923.
• The first reported electrically lit Weihnachten baum was in December, 1882. The world's first practical light bulb was invented Von 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 Weihnachten baum for the first time. In 1917, after a tragic feuer in New York City that was caused Von Weihnachten candles, Albert Sadacca (fifteen years old at the time) invented safety lights for Weihnachten trees. Decorating a live Weihnachten baum 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.
• Weihnachten trees are grown in all 50 states, including Hawaii and Alaska.
• In 1979, the National Weihnachten baum was not lighted except for the oben, nach oben ornament. This was done because of the American hostages in Iran.
• According to the guinneß, guinness World Records, the world's tallest cut Weihnachten baum was a 221' Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) erected and decorated at Northgate Shopping Center, Seattle, Washington, USA, in December 1950.
• Von the way, NORAD tracks Santa around the world every Christmas. If you'd like to find out how they do it, and how Du can follow along, check out NORAD's website here. link
• "Rudolph" was actually created Von Robert May for Montgomery Ward in the late 1930's as a holiday promotion. The song was written later Von Johnny Marks, and recorded Von Gene Autry in 1949; it promptly sold about 2 million copies.
• Weihnachten became an official national holiday in the USA on June 28, 1870.
• Poinsettias are the most beliebt Weihnachten plant and are the number one "flowering" potted plant in the United States.
• Franklin Pierce put the first Weihnachten baum 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 Weihnachten baum in the White House in 1889, and Calvin Coolidge put the first National Weihnachten baum on the White House lawn (not in the White House) in 1923.
• The first reported electrically lit Weihnachten baum was in December, 1882. The world's first practical light bulb was invented Von 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 Weihnachten baum for the first time. In 1917, after a tragic feuer in New York City that was caused Von Weihnachten candles, Albert Sadacca (fifteen years old at the time) invented safety lights for Weihnachten trees. Decorating a live Weihnachten baum 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.
• Weihnachten trees are grown in all 50 states, including Hawaii and Alaska.
• In 1979, the National Weihnachten baum was not lighted except for the oben, nach oben ornament. This was done because of the American hostages in Iran.
• According to the guinneß, guinness World Records, the world's tallest cut Weihnachten baum was a 221' Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) erected and decorated at Northgate Shopping Center, Seattle, Washington, USA, in December 1950.
• Von the way, NORAD tracks Santa around the world every Christmas. If you'd like to find out how they do it, and how Du can follow along, check out NORAD's website here. link
