CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS
Legend says enemies who met under a branch of this would drop their weapons & embrace; now we kiss under it
Mistletoe
Around 196 B.C. this general became chief magistrate of Carthage
Hannibal
New York Yankees No. 3
Babe Ruth
She rocked the spice world when she left the Spice Girls in May 1998
Ginger Spice
If you got a trapezoid for Christmas, you got a figure with this many sides & a crummy gift
4
It rivals the turkey as the preferred bird at English Christmas feasts
Goose
President of North Vietnam for 24 years, his mausoleum in Hanoi is a national shrine
Ho Chi Minh
San Francisco 49ers No. 16
Joe Montana
"Spanish Flea", the theme song of "The Dating Game", was a hit for this bandleader
Herb Alpert
The non-right internal angles of a right triangle add up to this total number of degrees
90
Christmas is now quite popular in this Asian country where the Christmas greeting is "Meri Kurisumasu!"
Japan
Until 1876 his father Alois, who was illegitimate, used his grandmother's name, Schicklgruber
Adolf Hitler
Chicago Bears No. 34
Walter Payton
Spice Girl Mel B. gets this nickname from her pierced tongue, wild hair & wilder lifestyle
"Scary Spice"
The diameter of one of these 3-dimensional figures is twice the radius
Sphere
This other name for a nativity scene comes from Old French for "manger" or "crib"
Creche
In March 1921 he became the first Japanese prince to tour Europe
Hirohito
Detroit Red Wings No. 9
Gordie Howe
It's the appropriate Spice name of Emma Bunton, youngest of the Spice Girls
"Baby Spice"
From the Latin "to agree", it describes 2 figures that coincide when superimposed
congruent
A treasured history tradition in New York City is ice-skating beneath the giant Christmas tree in this plaza
Rockefeller Plaza
This Saxon may have sworn to support William's claim to the throne but took the throne himself in 1066
Harold II
Anaheim Angels No. 30,
Texas Rangers No. 34,
Houston Astros No. 34
Nolan Ryan
This photographer directed music videos for Madonna & Michael Jackson
Herb Ritts
It's any system of geometry not based on the system in "Elements", a book from around 300 B.C.
non-Euclidean