1. Franklin Pierce, 14th US President, was the first president to decorate at tree on the White House lawn in 1853.
2. Germany is credited as the country which made the first artificial Christmas trees? They were made of green goose feathers!
3. Electric string lights for trees were first used in 1895 and invented by Ralph Morris, although electric lights for trees were actually invented by Thomas Edison’s assistant, Edward Johnson, a few years earlier in 1882.
4. Christmas cards were invented in 1843 by an Englishman and sold 1000 copies in London his first year!
5. The holiday movie played most often this time of year is: “It’s a Wonderful Life”.
6. Montgomery Ward invented "Rudolph" in 1939 as an advertising gimmick! You need to read Wikipedia on this! Very interesting.
7. The holiday song "Jingle Bells" was originally written for Thanksgiving in 1857 and was named “One Horse Open Sleigh”.
8. You would receive 364 gifts if you were given all of the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas". That’s one for every day of the year.
9. Oklahoma is the state that has the Mistletoe as their state flower.
10. Did you know it only took Charles Dickens six weeks to write "A Christmas Carol"!
11. Alabama is the first state to officially recognize the Christmas holiday.
12. Christmas became a national holiday in America on June 26, 1870.
13. Did you know more diamonds are sold in December than any other month?
14. The original Santa Claus, or St. Nicholas was born in southern Turkey in 245 AD.
15. Clement Clark Moore wrote the poem "The Night Before Christmas" in 1823 and was originally called “A Visit From St. Nicholas”.
Hope you Enjoyed the Trivia! Check back next month to see what fun is in store.