Holiday Plants
What Country is the Poinsettia native to?
What is Mexico.
What fruit used to be placed in children's stockings that was considered a luxury?
What is an orange.
In the 12 days of Christmas what is given on the 7th day?
What are swans a swimming.
How many candles are on an advent wreath?
what is 4
In Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, what did Hermey the Misfit Elf really want to be?
What is a dentist.
What country donates a Christmas Tree to stand in London's Trafalgar Square each year?
What is Norway
In England, what did women used to eat if they wanted to find a husband?
What is gingerbread men.
What carol contains the line: Field and fountain, moor and mountain?
What is We Three Kings of Orient Are
In the Night Before Christmas, what is the name of the first reindeer Santa calls?
What is Dasher
In National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, what did Clark Griswold want to do with his Christmas bonus?
What is build a swimming pool.
What animal parts were the first artificial Christmas tree made from?
Goose feathers painted green
How did the candy cane get its shape?
What is a J for Jesus. The red stripes stand for the blood of Christ. Started in Germany.
What is Frosty's nose made of?
What is a button
What natural food was mixed with molasses and sugar to create candy in "Little House in the Big Woods"
What is snow.
What is the last thing the Grinch takes out of the Who refrigerator?
What is a can of Who-hash.
How tall, plus or minus 25 feet was the tallest cut Christmas tree?
221 feet. It was a Douglas fir and put up in 1950 at the Northgate Shopping Center in Seattle.
What is the most popular meal for Christmas in Japan?
Kentucky Fried Chicken - plan to order at least 2 weeks in advance!
What large former retail outlet commissioned and published Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
What is Montgomery Ward.
The modern Santa Claus is mainly a mix of what two figures?
What is Saint Nicholas and Father Christmas.
In It's a Wonderful Life, what did George dream of becoming?
What is an engineer/architect
What part of the plant did the gifts Frankincense and Myrrh come from?
A. - Roots B. - Leaves
C. - Bark D. - Resin
What is resin
What Christmas food is made from "marsh-worts"?
a. - Sweet potatoes b. - Marshmallows
c. - Stuffing d. - cranberries
What is cranberries. (Grown in a bog)
What popular song was written during the Cuban Missile Crisis and was a plea for peace?
What is Do You Hear What I Hear.
Where did we get the term "white elephant"?
Where is Asia, where white elephants were considered holy but pricy to keep. The term was adapted by Ezzra Cronell for gifts that have no value to the owner, but may have value to others.
In what decade did NORAD (North American Aerospace Defnense Command) start tracking Santa on Christmas Eve?
What is the 1950's--(specifically 1955)