Different names of SANTA CLAUS around the world include: Kriss Kringle in Germany, Le Befana in Italy, Pere Noel in France and Deushka Moroz (Grandfather Frost) in Russia.
Visa cards are used 5-6 thousand times every minute during the Christmas season.
Christmas season sales account for almost 1/6 of all retail sales in the US.
The tallest living Christmas tree is believed to be the 122-foot, 91-year-old Douglas fir in the town of Woodinville, Washington.
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