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What are the three colors of Christmas?
Red, green, gold
Name all the reindeers
Dasher Comet
Dancer Cupid
Prancer Donner
Vixen Olive
Blitzen
Rudolph
What year was the Christmas card invented?
Hint: 100 years before WW1
1843
Which country wears paper crowns when they eat Christmas dinner?
Hint: Famous football chant "Come on ____"
England
What material was used to make the first artificial Christmas tree?
Hint: Canada's national bird
Dyed Goose feathers
What is one of the most popular gifts?
Hint: There are nativity scene models made from this.
LEGO
How many stops does Santa need to make to deliver every child a gift for Christmas?
Hint: the digits add up to 14.
842M
What ratio does Christmas sales account for in total sales in the US?
Hint: 16.6667%
1/6
What were the earliest known Christmas tree decorations?
Hint: it also grows on trees
Apples
Which country first referenced the Christmas tree?
Hint: Volkswagen
Germany
What is the most popular Christmas single of all time?
"White Christmas" by Irving Berlin
Which President banned Christmas trees from the White House?
Hint: The teddy bear
President Teddy Roosevelt
Which President started the lighting ceremony at the White House?
Hint: he is very very very very cool.
President Coolidge
Who is Santa based on?
St. Nikolas of Myra
Where is Poinsettia native to?
Hint: Mariachi Band
Mexico
Which was the last state to recognize Christmas as a official holiday?
Oklahoma
Which state was the first to recognize Christmas as a holiday?
Alabama
What does Misa del Gallo stand for?
“Mass of the Rooster”
Bolivians celebrate Misa del Gallo or “Mass of the Rooster” on Christmas Eve. Some people bring roosters to the midnight mass, a gesture that symbolizes the belief that a rooster was the first animal to announce the birth of Jesus.
How long are Christmas trees grown for?
Hint: a starting NFL quarterback's number?
15 years
How tall was the tallest Christmas tree ever recorded by Guiness World Records?
Hint: it is in foot.
221 foot
According to the Guinness world records, the tallest Christmas tree ever cut was a 221-foot Douglas fir that was displayed in 1950 at the Northgate Shopping Center in Seattle, Washington.
Norwegian scientists have hypothesized that Rudolph’s red nose is probably the result of a parasitic infection of his...
respiratory system.
The Germans made the first artificial Christmas trees out of...
dyed goose feathers.
How many greeting cards are sent in the US each year?
Hint: think about how many people live in the US and an average family size.
3 billion
Are Santa's reindeer male or female?
Female
Most of Santa’s reindeer have male-sounding names, such as Blitzen, Comet, and Cupid. However, male reindeers shed their antlers around Christmas, so the reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh are likely not male, but female or castrated.
Which Pope proclaimed December 25th as the birth of Jesus Christ?
Hint: Has the same name as a famous ruler and also a player on the New York Knicks.
Pope Julius I, Bishop of Rom, in A.D. 350