Christmas Seals went on sale for the first time, in the Wilmington, DE, post 
office.

       Emily Perkins Bissell (May 31, 1861–1948)

Bissell was an American social worker and activist, best 
remembered for introducing Christmas Seals to the U.S. 

 
The shiny aluminum Christmas Tree with rotating color wheel

Decca Records Catalogue A-403.

The album Merry Christmas was released in 1945 on Decca Records. It has
remained in print through the vinyl and compact disc eras, currently as the
disc White Christmas on MCA Records, a part of the Universal Music Group,
reissued in June 1995. It includes Crosby’s signature song "White Christmas",
the best-selling single ever, with sales of over 50 million copies worldwide. The
album itself has sold over 15 million copies, and is the second best-selling
Christmas album of all-time behind Elvis Presley‘s 1957 holiday album Elvis’
Christmas Album, which has sold more than 19 million copies worldwide.

   
   Sam Cooke

     
“You Send Me” stayed number-one for two weeks on the Billboard top
sellers in stores list and sold an estimated 1.5 million copies.