December & Christmas Fun Facts
This is the best selling Christmas song of all time, with more than 50 million copies sold
White Christmas
Around 16,000 of these explosive shows happen each Independence Day.
Fireworks
Colonial activists disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded British ships anchored here and dumped 342 containers of expensive tea into the water on December 16, 1773.
Boston Harbor
As they soar through the atmosphere
They fill the whole wide world with cheer.
While some noses glow
And all presents bestow
Santa can always trust his ____
Reindeer
This bubbly libation typically drank on New Years, is named for the region in France from which it comes.
Champagne
Jingle Bells was originally written as a song for this holiday.
Thanksgiving
Americans eat more than 150 Million of these each 4th of July, which laid end to end, would stretch from coast to coast more than five times.
Hot Dogs
The civil rights movement began on December 1st, 1955 when this person refused to give up her seat to a white man and move to the colored section of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama
Rosa Parks
Some people Eat Fresh at Subway
But Santa knows better than they.
Milk and cookies he loves eating
And knows he’ll be needing
A treadmill to power his ____
Sleigh
Used to contain cocaine, though the way Stacy loves the diet version, it may still...
Coca-Cola
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Whoops! America did not actually declare independence on July 4th, 1776, however it was this many days prior.
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On December 31st, 1879, this man provided the first public demonstration of his electric incandescent lamp at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey
Thomas Edison
Its Christmas, and the family is all here
Though its on Zoom, we'll put on some cheer.
We light up a smile,
Catch up for a while
And pray for a better ____
New Year
Two Swiss brothers founded this California beverage company, known for their non-alcoholic cider.
Martinelli's
December 25th was not celebrated as the birth of Christ until this century?
5th (440 AD)
These two founding fathers died within hours of each other on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1826
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
The Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was attacked by Japan on this date in 1941.
December 7th
A jolly gent from the North Pole
Had a red stocking with a hole
Mrs. Claus stitched it, on the fireplace hitched it
Then filled it with a lump of ____
Coal
4 egg yolks, 1/3 cup sugar, 1 pint whole milk, 1 cup heavy cream, 3 ounces bourbon, 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
Eggnog
The department store, Montgomery Ward, created this classic Christmas character as a marketing ploy in 1939.
Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer
One of only two men to actually sign the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776, this man, according to legend, signed it large enough so the British could read it without glasses.
John Hancock
George Washington took 2,400 of his men across this river on December 25th, 1776 to surprise and defeat British and Hessian troops.
Delaware River
For bright sunny days, a headache
A good time to stay home and bake.
For when these start to fall
A good time starts to call
When you seen in the air a ____.
Snowflake
The Swedish Glögg is a version of this traditional Christmas season spiced drink.
Mulled Wine