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New England By the Numbers: Holiday Facts
How many lights in Forest Park and other holiday facts
600,000
holiday lights in the "Bright Nights at Forest Park" display, Springfield, MA
41
Pilgrims signing the Mayflower Compact while docked in Provincetown Harbor (Nov. 11, 1620)
0
native wild turkeys in MA in 1852
22
number of years celebrating Christmas was a crime in Puritan Boston
3,000
estimated length in miles of all cranberries grown in the U.S. last year if stretched end to end
5,000,000
years turkeys (Meleagris) have existed
1816
year cranberries were first cultivated in Massachusetts
675,000,000
pounds of turkey enjoyed each Thanksgiving in the United States
5
fine in shillings charged against anyone caught observing "any such day as Christmas" in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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