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$457.4 billion - 2006 holiday sales
$435.6 billion - 2005 holiday sales
$93.2 billion - donations given to religious organizations, the top recipient of aid
$38.6 billion - donated to education, the second largest sector
$1.2 billion - value of Christmas ornaments imported from China
842 million mph - speed Santa traveled to visit all 842,000,000 houses on his route
$485 million - US farmers' Christmas tree sales revenue in 2005.
51.7 million - people who shopped online from work for holiday gifts in 2005
46 million - households with an artificial Christmas tree this year
36 million- estimated number of real Christmas trees sold in 2006
22 million - households without a Christmas tree this year