Holiday Trivia

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weighs 19,700,000 pounds—or as heavy as 25 fully loaded 747-400 jumbojets, 39 Statues of Liberty, 27 Empire State Buildings, or four space shuttles? The answer: all the 2002 JCPenney Christmas Catalogs distributed this holiday season. (For the record, they also contain 479,600,000 pages, which—if placed end-to-end—would circle the earth 40 times and equal two round-trips to the moon.) In fact, this year’s JCPenney Christmas cata- log is the largest in the entire world. It fea- ; ; tures more than 2,200 gifts, giz- = imos and gads LR gets—with 567 ee items costing One for the under $25, 1,311 Records items less than —_ $50, and 1,758 items under $100. The least expensive gift is a set of NFL bed sheets that costs $7; the most expensive item is an Electric Scooter for $2,499. The company’s buyers say they traveled the world in search of the most sought-after gifts for the holiday season, and the catalog’s sheer size—along with competitive prices—truly makes it one of the best sources for ultimate gift solutions. One last bit of trivia: JCPenney has been publishing Christmascatalogs since 1963. To order, please call 800-5441251 or visit www.JCPenney.com.