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1. In 1939, what department store
distributed copies of "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" to the children of it’s
customers?
Answer: Montgomery
Ward.
2. Who wrote the l942 song "White
Christmas?"
Answer: Irving
Berlin.
3. Yule is a ________
word referring
to the Christmas season.
Answer:
Scandinavian.
4. What company pioneered the
manufacture and marketing of strings of ready-made lights for Christmas
decoration?
Answer:
Ever-Ready.
5. The poinsettia is native to what
country?
Answer:
Mexico.
6. Who recorded the famous Rudolf
The Red-Nosed Reindeer song in l949 and how many copies were sold during the
song’s first year in release?
Answer: Gene Autry, 2
million.
7. "The Nutcracker" was written by
which famous composer?
Answer: Peter Ilich
Tchaikovsky.
8. White Christmas was sung by Bing
Crosby in what l942 film?
Answer: Holiday
Inn.
9. Why do we attach so much
significance to hanging stockings on the mantle as gift
holders?
Answer: They denote the children’s
wooden shoes from the Dutch tradition.
10. The first printed Christmas
cards were manufactured in 1860 by:
Answer: Louis
Prang.
11. "Christmas just won’t be
Christmas without any presents..." said who?
Answer: Jo March - Little
Women.
12. Mistletoe is the "golden bough"
that was cut at the winter solstice by the arch druid. What was it supposed to
cure?
Answer:
Sickness.
13. Legend says the name Father
Christmas was originally derived from...
Answer: The Norse god
Odin.
14. On what holiday did the ancient
Romans exchange gifts?
Answer:
Saturnalia.
15. Who’s Birthdays fall on
Christmas? (choose only four)
Answer: Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy
Buffet, Rod Serling and Cab Calloway.
16. Who is the patron saint of
carolers?
Answer: St.
Francis.
17. Caroling was originally a ring
dance which celebrated what event?
Answer: The winter
solstice.
18. What are German
kugels?
Answer: Glass
ornaments.
19. What American colonial group
determined Christmas to be a pagan holiday in 1659 going
so far as to ban
feasting and frivolity along with the baking of mince
pies?
Answer: The
Puritans.
20. Who played Susan Walker in the
film "Miracle on 34th Street"?
Answer: Natalie
Wood.
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