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