INTERNATIONAL
In Guatemala, Christmas Day is celebrated:
A) On January 6
B) On December 25
C) On October 31
D) Never
December 25
The first release of the film, A Christmas Carol", was in:
a) 1920
b) 1938
c) 1945
d) 1953
b) 1938
What is Frosty's nose made out of?
A Button
The $-amount the average American spent on Christmas gifts each year:
a) $500
b) $1 000
c) $2 000
d) $2 500
b) $1 000
The meaning of the word "Mistletoe" is :
a) small tree
b) shine tree
c) the name of the berry it produce
d) dung twig
d) dung twig
From what country does the Gingerbread house comes from?
Germany
The best selling Christmas song of all times are :-
a) Sleigh Bells
b) Merry Christmas to you
c) White Christmas
d) The most wonderful time of the year.
c) White Christmas
What was the little girls solution for Santa Klaus to get her Hippopotamus under the tree:
a) bring him through the garage door
b) bring him through the back door
c) bring him through the chimney
d) bring him through the front door
d) bring him through the front door.
This company was the first employer to give their employees Christmas bonuses
a) Sears
b) The Government
c) Woolworth's
d) Walmart
c) Woolworth's
The only time the tradition of the White House Tree lighting ceremony was cancelled was due to :
a) The Great Depression
b) The Blackouts of WW II
c) The L.A. Riots in 1980
d) Ice Storm during 1953
b) The blackouts of WW II
This country gave us the now famous carol, Silent Night.
Austria
How many miles did Mary and Joseph had to travel to get to Bethlehem ?
80 miles.
What piece of clothing brought Frosty, The Snowman, to life that day:
a) the Broomstick
b) The Silk Hat
c) The red scarf
d) Grandpa's slippers
b) the Silk Hat
A string of light-bulbs to wrap around the Christmas Tree cost approx $ ...., the first time is was used by the general population in private homes ;
a) $100
b) $300
c) $50
d) 20
$100
One Indiana town is actually called:
a) Christmasville
b) Wenceslas
c) Santa Claus
d) Noel
c) Santa Claus
In Australia, usual Boxing Day activities include:
A) Building snowmen
B) Tobogganing
C) Wombat hunting
D) Surfing
Surfing
As early as 1822 the postmaster in Washington, D.C. worried by the amount of extra mail at Christmas. His preferred solution to the problem was to:
a) recruit volunteer postmen for the Christmas season
b) Raise the price of postage to reduce the number of cards send
c) Request the people put holiday greetings in the local newspaper instead
d) Limit by law the number of cards a person could send.
d) Limit by law the number of cards a person could send.
Which popular Christmas Song was actually written for Thanksgiving?
a) Let is snow, Let it snow, Let it snow
b) Jingle Bells
c) Little Drummer Boy
d) Rudolf, the red-nose Reindeer
b) Jingle Bells
What company was the first to use Santa in advertising?
Coca Cola
What did Clarence get for accomplishing his mission in "It's a Wonderful Life"?
Wings
In Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine of a goat. It is usually made of what material?
A) Candy
B) Straw
C) Uranium
D) Fir wood
Straw
What two books in the Bible tell the story of Jesus' birth?
Matthew and Luke
Number and names of reindeer that pulls Santa's sleigh;-
Dasher Commet
Danser Cupid
Pranser Donder
Blitsen Rudolf
Vickson
In 2000 - 2004, American shoppers spend more than this amount, during the holiday season:
a) $4 bil. per shopping day / $2.8 mil. per minute
b) $20 bil. per shopping day/ $6 mil. per minute
c) $80 mil. per shopping day/ $100 000 per minute
d) $20 mil. per shopping day/ $10 000 per minute
a) $4 bil. per shopping day/$2.8 mil. per minute
What medical issue did the Grinch have that made him so grinchy?
His heart was too small.