Holiday Hodgepodge
Average amount pet owners spend on Christmas gifts for their four-legged friends: $46
Percent who have their dog’s or cat’s photo taken with Santa Claus: 27
Number of homes Santa would have to visit per second on Christmas Eve to hit every one in the world: More than 800
Cost of a mystery package of 53 holiday gifts from exclusive retailer Neiman Marcus: $3,500
Cost of a deluxe henhouse from Neiman Marcus, complete with a flock of “heritage-breed” chickens: $100,000
Year the U.S. Postal Service issued its first Christmas stamp: 1962
Year the U.S. Postal Service issued its first Hanukkah stamp: 2004
Number of Jewish-Christian interfaith couples in the U.S.: 1 million
Percent of interfaith families who exchange Christmas presents: 80
Number of Barbie dolls sold worldwide every minute: 180
Cost of the most lavishly decorated Christmas tree, displayed at the Emirates Palace in the United Arab Emirates in 2010: $11,026,900
Number of trees that decorated the White House for Christmas 2011: 37
Weight in pounds of the White House’s custom-made, gingerbread White House, decorated with white chocolate and marzipan: 400
Sources: MSN, Uberreview.com, WWD, Randomhistory.com, Capper’s, USA Today, Huffingtonpost.com, ABS-CBNNEWS.com, WBEN.com
