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The first recorded Christmas was celebrated where in 336 AD?

What is Rome.

100

The French word for Christmas.

What is Noel.

100

These childhood treats were originally designed with a string on the carrying box to hang on the tree.

What are Barnum's Animal Crackers.

100
Clement Clarke Moore..."And to all a good night".

What is The Night Before Christmas.

100

Mele Kalikemaka

What is Hawaiian.

200

Christmas comes from an 11th century term meaning this?  They were probably Catholic.

What is Christ's Mass.

200

Legend says this item was invented by the choirmaster of Cologne Cathedral in France in the 1670s to keep the children quiet during service.  What a good shepherd...

What is the candy cane.

200

In the 1930s, the Addis Brush Company made these based on a toilet brush they produced.

What are artificial Christmas trees.

200

The Steadfast Tin Soldier, 

The Fir Tree, 

The Little Match Girl.

Who is Hans Christian Andersen.

200

Buon Natale

What is Italian.

300

In 1236, King Louis IX of France gave King Henry III this live present.  We can only imagine how many rolls of wrapping paper he used.

What is an elephant.

300

This state has held a dance called the Cowboy's Christmas Ball since 1885.

What is Texas.

300

This is named after an American congressman and ambassador to Mexico.

What is the Poinsettia plant. 

(Joel R. Poinsett)

300
This book coined the term "scrooge".

What is A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.

300

Wesolych Swiat.

What is Polish.

400

This country refers to the 14th century bishop Saint Nicholas as "Sinterklass".

What is the Netherlands.

400

This counting song dates back to the 1500s when it was customary to exchange a gift on each of the days.


What is The Twelve Days of Christmas.

400

This American president banned Christmas trees from the White House to help preserve forests and encouraged Americans to do the same.  

Who is Theodore Roosevelt.

400

Christmas Gingerbread houses originate from this German fairy tale.

What is Hansel and Gretel.

400

Vrolijk Kerstfeest.

What is Dutch.

500

This Christmas themed item was first issued in 1962 and worth four-cents.

What is a US postal stamp.

500

This famous tree set up was first put up by construction workers in 1931 when it was built and contains roughly 5 miles of lights on it.

What is the Rockefeller Center's christmas tree.

500

Legend has it that these items were originally used to hid gold pieces used as a dowry for marriage.

What are stockings.

500

Americans were introduced to Saint Nicholas in this Washington Irving's book in 1809.

What is Diedrich Knicherbocker's History of New Your from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.

500

Hristos Razdajestsja 

What is Russian.