
Christmas with the Farmers' Almanac

In Mifflinberg, Pennsylvania, St. Nicholas greets visitors to a three-day Christmas market inspired by the centuries old traditional German Christkindl Markt, or Christ Child Market.
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America's official national Christmas tree is located in King's Canyon National Park in California. The tree, a giant sequoia called the "General Grant Tree," is over 300 feet high. It was made the official Christmas tree in 1925.
Farmers' Almanac • Christmas with the Farmers' Almanac
Christmas had been celebrated by various peoples on 135 different days of the year.
Farmers' Almanac • Christmas with the Farmers' Almanac
Franklin Pierce, the 14th U.S. president, was the first to put up a Christmas tree in the White House. The year was1856.
Farmers' Almanac • Christmas with the Farmers' Almanac
the proper etiquette for kissing under mistletoe requires a man to remove one berry when he kisses a woman. Once all of the berries are gone, it becomes bad luck to kiss beneath that particular sprig.
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Farmers' Almanac • Christmas with the Farmers' Almanac
banging pots and pans at the turn of the New Year,