Christmas Movie Fun Facts Better than Any Gift Under the Tree

Tree Topples

In A Charlie Brown Christmas, Charlie refuses to get a fake tree. Around that time, fake trees were all the rage. The animation swayed public thinking, and fake tree sales plummeted. By 1969, the once popular aluminum trees had been phased out of public favor. 

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The More You Know

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