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1) The traditional portrait of Santa was created by artist Haddon Sundblom as a part of an advertising campaign for what product? Coca Cola 2) Children in America hang stockings on the Mantle, what is the tradition for the children in France? Leave out wooden shoes 3) Specically!! In the movie "A Christmas Story" what did Ralphie want for Christmas? O cial Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rie with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time. 4) In the popular Christmas carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" - what gift was given on the seventh day of Christmas? Seven Swans-a-Swimming 5) Our neighbors to the north celebrate Boxing Day, explain how it came to be? The most widely accepted theory is that even though servants were required to work on Christmas Day, they were given a reprieve the day after to visit family, with their employers sending them o with a box containing gifts and food, hence the term "Boxing Day."

6) What is the youngest daughter's name in the Christmas classic "It's A Wonderful Life"? Zuzu 7) In 1897, Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to what New York City newspaper to ask if there really was a "Santa?" The Sun 8) In which ocean can you nd Christmas Island? Indian Ocean 9) In what novel does a witch keep it "always winter but never Christmas?" An extra point if you can name the author! The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 10) In Charles Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol" what is the name of Scrooge's dead business partner? Jacob Marley

11) What is it that Alvin the Chipmunk requests for Christmas? A hula hoop 12) What is Frosty the Snowman's nose made out of? A button 13) In O'Henry's short story "The Gift of the Magi" what are the presents the couple exchange? A hair comb and a pocket watch chain 14) What are the 4 letters on the Dreidel? Nun, Gimel, Hay, Shin 15) What is the middle (ninth) candle in the Menorah called? The Shammash or Server Candle

16) What Jewish family gave its name to the resistance group, whose victory over the Syrians, Hanukkah commemorates? The Maccabees 17) In the South, it is traditional to eat Black Eyed Peas on New Years Day for luck, wealth, and good health. In what country do they eat Lentils in the same spirit? Italy 18) What day is Three Kings Day? An extra 5 points if you give the most popular assumed names of the three wisemen! January 6 / Gaspar, Balthazar., and Melchior 19) Those who believe in Santa will write him a letter and send it to the north pole or sit on his lap in Macy's. For the little boys and girls in Mexico who believe that it is the three kings who bring the presents, how do they get their wish list to them? Write the letter and tie it to a ballon and then release it into the sky. 20) What was banned in 1907 that spurred the creation of the Times Square ball drop? Fireworks

21) What does Auld Lang Syne actually mean? Time Gone By 22) What state was the rst to recognize Christmas as an o cial holiday? Alabama 23) What group of people rst raised a tree in Rockefeller Center? An extra point if you name the correct year! Construction Workers in 1931 24) In the story of the Polar Express what is the First Gift of Christmas? A bell from Santa's Sleigh 25) This Christmas carol is the most played during the Christmas season, however it was written on a sweltering summer day in 1944? Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, aka The Christmas Song