Christmas Time

• The first commercial Christmas cards were commissioned in London, in 1843, سے طرف کی Sir Henry Cole, with illustration سے طرف کی John Callcott Horsley. President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued the first official White House card in 1953.

• "Rudolph" was actually created سے طرف کی Robert May for Montgomery Ward in the late 1930's as a holiday promotion. The song was written later سے طرف کی Johnny Marks, and recorded سے طرف کی Gene Autry in 1949; it promptly sold about 2 million copies.


• Christmas became an official national holiday in the USA on June 28, 1870.

• Poinsettias are the most مقبول Christmas plant and are...