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  2. Christmas tree - Wikipedia

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    Christmas tree decorated with lights, stars, and glass balls Glade jul by Viggo Johansen (1891) Typical North American family decorating Christmas tree (c. 1970s). A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas.

  3. Hallmark Cards - Wikipedia

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    Hallmark Cards, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned American company based in Kansas City, Missouri.Founded in 1910 by Joyce Hall, Hallmark was one of the oldest and largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. [3]

  4. Christmas stamp - Wikipedia

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    A Christmas stamp is a postage stamp with a Christmas theme, intended for use on seasonal mail such as Christmas cards. Many countries of the world issue such stamps, which are regular postage stamps (in contrast to Christmas seals ) and are usually valid for postage year-round (in some countries they have a discounted value and are for use ...

  5. List of Christmas films - Wikipedia

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    The Christmas Card: 2006: A soldier serving in Afghanistan receives a Christmas card from a Californian woman he has never met. He visits the town to find the inspiration behind the card. The Christmas Chronicles: 2018: A brother and sister become embroiled in an adventure after they try to catch video evidence of Santa Claus on camera.

  6. Christmas in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    Santa Claus distributes gifts to Union troops in Nast's first Santa Claus cartoon, (1863). The process of Christmas becoming a national holiday in the U.S. began when Representative Burton Chauncey Cook of Illinois introduced a bill in the U.S. Congress after the U.S. Civil War (1861–1865).

  7. Christmas controversies - Wikipedia

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    The book The Vindication of Christmas (London, 1652) argued against the Puritans, and makes note of Old English Christmas traditions, dinner, roast apples on the fire, card playing, dances with "plow-boys" and "maidservants", old Father Christmas and carol singing. [43] The Restoration of King Charles II in 1660 ended the ban.