https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Xmas-fun-facts/m-p/147992#M66800 <P>this was interesting............</P> <P>1. Kwanzaa was started by a professor of Black Studies at University of California Long Beach, after the Watts riot in 1966......He created Kwanzaa as a way to unify the African American community</P> <P>2. Candy Canes started in 1670 by a German Choirmaster as a white candy shaped like a shepherds hook and given out to the children to keep them quiet and occupied between hymns.</P> <P>3. Real trees out number Artificial tree sales 3 to 1</P> <P>4. Between 2000 - 2010 the most preformed xmas song was Winter Wonderland</P> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:11:51 GMT raven-blackbird 2011-12-15T19:11:51Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Xmas-fun-facts/m-p/147992#M66800 <P>this was interesting............</P> <P>1. Kwanzaa was started by a professor of Black Studies at University of California Long Beach, after the Watts riot in 1966......He created Kwanzaa as a way to unify the African American community</P> <P>2. Candy Canes started in 1670 by a German Choirmaster as a white candy shaped like a shepherds hook and given out to the children to keep them quiet and occupied between hymns.</P> <P>3. Real trees out number Artificial tree sales 3 to 1</P> <P>4. Between 2000 - 2010 the most preformed xmas song was Winter Wonderland</P> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:11:51 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Xmas-fun-facts/m-p/147992#M66800 raven-blackbird 2011-12-15T19:11:51Z