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The Christmas Mountains are a small range of mountains next to Big Bend National Park in Brewster County Texas United States. The highest peak is 5728 feet (1746 m) above sea level. The Richard K. Mellon Foundation through the Conservation Fund donated the 9270 acres (37.5 km2) of land to the State of Texas in 1991 for use as or inclusion in a nature park wildlife refuge recreational area or similarly designated use area.