1. Which Christmas tree fact is NOT true?

A. Artificial Christmas trees have outsold real ones every year since 1991.

B. Nova Scotia is the world’s leading exporter of Christmas trees.

C. Franklin Pierce was the first president to decorate an official White House Christmas tree.

D. The Christmas tree was chosen to represent this sacred feast because its shape points the way to heaven.

D. The Christmas tree was chosen to represent this sacred feast because its shape points the way to heaven.

QQ: OK, maybe that’s true, but QuizQueen can’t prove that fact, reasonable as it sounds, because it wasn’t in any of the posts it dug up for this quiz.

2. Can you name the popular Christmas song that was actually written for Thanksgiving?

A. Jingle Bells

B. Encountered a midnight clearing

I saw mommy kissing santa claus

D. Away in the manger

A. Jingle Bells

QQ: The song was composed in 1857 by James Pierpont and was originally called One Horse Open Sleigh. When you think about it, words make a lot more sense that way…

3. In what year were the electric lights on the Christmas tree first used?

d.1865

b.1895

c.1905

d.1932

b.1895

QQ: American Ralph E. Morris had the bright idea that electric Christmas lights would be safer than using candles.

4. Good King Wenceslaus was king of which country?

A. Bohemia

B.England

C.Germany

D.Morocco

A. Bohemia.

QQ: Who knows why those bohemians always get such a bad rap? Although, history says that Wenceslaus, who lived in the 10th century, was only a duke, not a king at all.

5. In 8971, the New York Sun newspaper wrote a famous response to a girl’s question: “Yes, _______, there is a Santa Claus.” Can you name that girl?

A. Maria

B.Charlotte

C.Vidalia

D.Virginia

D.Virginia

QQ: Virginia O’Hanlon to be exact! Shame on you if you missed it.

6. Can you name Scrooge’s dead business partner from Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”?

A.Jacob Marley

B.Tiny Tim

C.Bob Cratchett

D. Old William

A.Jacob Marley

QQ: The first of the four spirits to appear to Scrooge that fateful Christmas Eve was that of Jacob Marley, his former business partner.

7. One of the pagan traditions that Christians have incorporated into their Christmas celebration includes hanging mistletoe. Which of these is NOT an ancient pagan belief?

A. Ancient Europeans believed that the mistletoe plant had magical powers to give life and fertility, as well as to protect against disease.

B. French girls used to slip mistletoe branches under their pillows to dream of their future husbands.

C. The Celts believed that mistletoe brought peace and goodwill.

D. Northern Europeans associated mistletoe with the Norse goddess of love, Freya, and developed the custom of kissing under mistletoe branches.

B. French girls used to slip mistletoe branches under their pillows to dream of their future husbands.

QQ: That was hard, wasn’t it? QuizQueen is so smart…

8. While the Christmas tree is an enduring symbol of the season today, it wasn’t always a Christmas tradition. What historical fact is NOT true?

A. According to legend, Martin Luther, the founder of German Protestantism, while walking through the woods on Christmas Eve was so moved by the starlit fir trees that he brought one inside and decorated it with candles to remember his children. God’s creation.

B. In 1841, Prince Albert of Germany gave his wife, Queen Victoria of England, a Christmas tree. This is said to have been the first Christmas tree in England, but the custom spread quickly.

C. German immigrants brought the Christmas tree to Europe, the United States and Canada, where it soon became a popular tradition.

D. On a bet, 11-year-old PT Barnum began selling trees in Connecticut in 1821, telling his brands they were all the rage. Soon the fashion spread throughout the country and became a tradition, thus establishing its maxim “A piglet is born every minute”.

D. On a bet, 11-year-old PT Barnum began selling trees in Connecticut in 1821, telling his brands they were all the rage. Soon the fashion spread throughout the country and became a tradition, thus establishing its maxim “A piglet is born every minute”.

QQ: Good old PT Barnum tried to sell just about everything, and actually could have sold Christmas trees, but I doubt he would at that age!

9. Many people are familiar with the term “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” but not everyone knows where it originated. Can you choose the correct explanation?

A. The Twelve Days of Christmas represent the number of days that Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem.

B. The Twelve Days of Christmas represent the time that the three wise men from the East traveled to reach the Child Jesus after his birth.

C. The Twelve Days of Christmas represents the number of reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh.

D. The Twelve Days of Christmas represent the time necessary to celebrate the birthday of the Good King Wenceslas.

B. The Twelve Days of Christmas represent the time that the three wise men from the East traveled to reach the Child Jesus after his birth.

PQ: And you thought you didn’t learn anything practical in Sunday school?

10. Who hasn’t wondered what “wassail” is and why people ask for it at Christmas? Let’s see if you guess…

R. Wassail comes from the Old Norse “Ves Heill” and means “to be in good health”, so when the neighbors visited on Christmas Eve, they drank for the health of others.

B. Wassail comes from the Old German “Ves Heill” and means “avoid hell”, so loved ones would share this sentiment with each other on Christmas Eve in preparation for the birth of Christ.

C. Wassail comes from the old Celtic “Ves Heill” and means “to drink”, so it is naturally associated with all festive occasions.

D. Wassail comes from Old English “Ves Heill” meaning drink of angels and eventually became associated with Christmas.

R. Wassail comes from the Old Norse “Ves Heill” and means “to be in good health”, so when the neighbors visited on Christmas Eve, they drank for the health of others.

QQ: The QuizQueen can be very, very silly at times.

11. Everyone loves receiving them but dreads going through the annual festive ritual of sending Christmas cards. So who do we NOT have to thank/blame?

A. Medieval Europeans who exchanged woodcuts of religious subjects for Christmas.

B. English illustrator John Calcott Horsley, who created the first modern Christmas card in 1843 depicting a family celebration with the caption “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you.”

C. German-American printer Louis Prang, who made advances in color lithography that allowed him to mass-produce colorful Christmas cards in 1875.

D. Desmond Hallmark, who had a surplus of Arbor Day cards depicting a fir tree and decided to unload them by the box simply by printing Merry Christmas on the trees with red ink.

D. Desmond Hallmark, who had a surplus of Arbor Day cards depicting a fir tree and decided to unload them by the box simply by printing Merry Christmas on the trees with red ink.

QQ: While everyone except poor Desmond can be held responsible, QuizQueen really blames Louis!

12. Remember that fuchsia sweater Aunt Edna knitted for your Christmas present last year? Don’t blame Aunt Edna, she’s not the one who started the tradition of giving Christmas presents, so who is she?

A. Those three wise men who visited the stable where Jesus was born.

B. The ancient Romans who exchanged gifts to bring good fortune for the new year.

C. Mark Antony, who was always looking for new ways to please Cleopatra.

D. The ancient Greeks who sought to place the gods on Mount Olympus.

B. The ancient Romans who exchanged gifts to bring good fortune for the new year.

QQ: Of course, Aunt Edna is to blame for choosing that color. You can’t blame the Romans for that.