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