In the United States, many retailers make up to 70 percent of their annual revenues in the month preceding Christmas. Believe it or not, Christmas gifts haven’t always been presented wrapped in pretty paper. Straight pins were used to hold the paper together until tape became the standard. On festival days, images of saints would be stamped in gingerbread and sometimes iced. In the early days, toys and candies were dangled from the Christmas tree. Today, the annual Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center is typically adorned with more than 25,000 lights but no other ornaments except for the star on top. In New York, it’s not officially Christmastime until the tree is lit at Rockefeller Center. Prayer flags are put on it with Buddha words, extending them from the center in a circular form and pointing to the cardinal points. More diamonds are purchased during the Christmas season than at any other time of the year. Best Time to Listen: Play this one after you’ve had some rough and challenging travel days. In 1890, following the success of the Russian ballets Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty, composer Peter Tchaikovsky, choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, and set designer Ivan Vsevolozhsky created what would become one of the best-loved ballets of all time.

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In 1942, during World War II, three living trees graced the Center. However, because of wartime restrictions on electricity, the trees were not illuminated. Are you the person who can name each of the Roman gods and goddesses at trivia night, or are you one of those people who is completely confused by which of them is Greek and which is Roman? Can you name five classic holiday movies? What are titles of some of the Classic Holiday Movies? The Rubik’s Cube® is considered a classic holiday toy. The 1983 film A Christmas Story became an instant classic. Narrated by Burl Ives, with an original orchestral score by Johnny Marks, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was an instant hit and today is one of the longest-running Christmas specials in television history. The dish was immortalized in the song We Wish You a Merry Christmas and was served by Mrs. Cratchit in the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol.