Christmas Quiz

1. Which Christmas tree fact is NOT true?

A. Artificial Christmas Trees have sold more real since 1991.

B. Nova Scotia leads the world in exporting Christmas trees.

C. Franklin Pierce was the first president to decorate an official White House Christmas tree.

D. The Christmas tree was chosen to represent this holy holiday because it has the shape of the path to heaven.

D. The Christmas tree was chosen to represent this holy holidaybecause of the shape points the way to heaven.

QQ: Okay, maybe it's true, but the QuizQueen may not prove as reasonable as it sounds, because it was none of the literature she dug for this quiz.

2. Can the popular Christmas song was actually written for Thanksgiving?

A. Jingle Bells

B. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

C. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

D. Away in the Manger

A. Jingle Bells

QQ: The songwas composed in 1857 by James Pierpont, and was originally known as One Horse Open Sleigh. If you think about the words make much more sense that way ...

3. Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in what year?

A. 1865

B. 1895

C. 1905

D. 1932

B. 1895

QQ: American Ralph E. Morris had the bright idea that electric Christmas lights would be safer than using candles.

4. Good King Wenceslas was king of whatCountry?

A. Bohemia

B. England

C. Germany

D. Morocco

A. Bohemia.

QQ: Who knows why the Bohemians always get such bad rep? Although the story is that Wenceslas, who in the 10th Century lived, was only Duke, not a king at all.

5. In 8971, the New York Sun newspaper wrote a famous reply to the question of a little girl: "Yes, _______, there is a Santa Claus." Can you tell this girl?

Mary A.

Charlotte B.

C.Vidalia

D. Virginia

D. Virginia

QQ: Virginia O'Hanlon to be exact! Shame on you if you missed it.

6. Can dead business partner Scrooge of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol? "

A. Jacob Marley

B. Tiny Tim

C. Bob Cratchett

Old William D.

A. Jacob Marley

Appear QQ: The first of four ghosts was Scrooge that fateful Christmas Eve, that Jacob Marley, his former business partner.

7. One of the paganTraditions that Christians have incorporated into their Christmas celebration includes hanging mistletoe. Which of these is not a former pagan belief?

A. Ancient Europeans believed that the mistletoe plant held magic powers to give life and fertility and protect against disease.

B. French girls used to dream branches of mistletoe slip under her pillow from her future husband.

C. The Celts believed mistetoe brought about peace andBusiness or goodwill.

D. Northern Europeans associated mistletoe with the Norse goddess of love, Freya and developed the custom of kissing under mistletoe branches.

B. French girls used to dream branches of mistletoe slip under her pillow from her future husband.

QQ: That was not hard, right? The QuizQueen is soooo clever ...

8. While today the Christmas tree is an enduring symbol of the season, it was not always a holiday tradition. The historical factis not correct?

A. According to legend, was Martin Luther, the founder of German protestantism, while walking through the woods on Christmas Eve as the night sky of pines, he brought one inside and decorated it with candles moved to remind his children of the creation of God.

B. In 1841, Prince Albert of Germany gave his wife, Queen Victoria of England, a gift of a Christmas tree. This was supposedly the first Christmas tree in England, but the custom spread quickly.

C.German immigrants brought the Christmas tree in Europe, the United States and Canada, where he became a popular tradition.

D. On a bet, 11-year-old PT Barnum started Hawking trees in Connecticut in 1821, told his grades, they were all the rage. Soon the fashion spread throughout the country, and it became tradition, so establishing his maxim: "It's a fool born every minute."

D. On a bet, 11-year-old PT Barnum started Hawking trees in Connecticut in 1821, tellshis marks they were all the rage. Soon the fashion spread throughout the country, and it became tradition, so establishing his maxim: "It's a fool born every minute."

QQ: Good 'ole PT Barnum tried to sell just about anything, and can, in fact, sold Christmas trees, but I doubt he sold them at that age!

9. Many people are using the term "The Twelve Days of Christmas", but not everyone knows where they originate known. Can you choose the correctExplanation?

A. The Twelve Days of Christmas represents the number of days Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem.

B. The Twelve Days of Christmas represents the length of time that the three wise men traveled from the East to reach Baby Jesus after his birth.

C. The Twelve Days of Christmas, the number of reindeer pull Santa's sleigh.

D. The Twelve Days of Christmas represents the length of time needed in order to celebrate Good King Wenceslas "Birthday.

B. The Twelve Days of Christmas represents the length of time that the three wise men traveled from the East to reach Baby Jesus after his birth.

QQ: And you thought you have nothing to learn practical Sunday school?

10. Who has not ever wondered what "binge" and why people would request it for Christmas. Let's see if you can imagine ...

A. Wassail comes from the Old Norse "Ves Heill" and means "good health to be," so when neighbors would visit on theChristmas Eve drink them to each other.

B. Wassail comes from the old German "Ves Heill" and means "to avoid Hell," said loved ones would share this feeling with each other on Christmas Eve in preparation for the birth of Christ.

C. Wassail comes from the Old Celtic "Ves Heill" and means "drink", it is associated naturally with all party occasions.

D. Wassail comes from the Old English "Ves Heill" and means drink of the angels and eventually becameassociated with Christmas.

A. Wassail comes from the Old Norse "Ves Heill" and means "good health to be," so when the neighbors on Christmas Eve visit to drink to one another.

QQ: Sometimes QuizQueen This is very, very silly.

11. Everyone loves to receive them, but the implementation of the annual holiday ritual of fear, Christmas cards. So, we do not have to thank blame?

A. Medieval Europeans who replaced wood prints of religiousTopics for Christmas.

B. English illustrator John Calcott Horsley, who represented the first modern Christmas card in 1843 that a family celebration with the caption "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you."

C. German-American printer Louis Prang, the advances in color lithography with which he colored mass produce Christmas cards in 1875.

D. Desmond Hallmark had decided a surplus of cards left of Arbor Day presentation of a fir tree and unloadedthem by the box by simply printing Merry Christmas in the trees with red ink.

D. Desmond Hallmark had decided a surplus of over maps of Arbor Day presentation of a fir tree and left them through the field by just unload the pressure Merry Christmas in the trees with red ink.

QQ: While all can be blamed except poor Desmond, the QuizQueen really blame Louis!

12. Remember that fuscia sweater Aunt Edna knitted for your Christmas present last year? Do not blame AuntEdna, she is not the one who started the tradition of Christmas giving, so who is it?

A. The three wise men who visited the stable where Jesus was born.

B. The ancient Romans who exchanged gifts to bring good luck for the new year.

C. Mark Antony, was always on the lookout for new ways to please Cleopatra.

D. The ancient Greeks, who tried to appease the gods on Mount Olympus.

B. The ancient Romans who exchanged gifts to bring good luck for the newYear.

QQ: Of course, Aunt Edna for the election of this color to blame. You can not blame the Romans.

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