Can you name the answers to these questions all about Christmas? by calvinbudnick

Question	Answer
This is the year in which Christmas became a national holiday in America
This American state boasts mistletoe as it's official state flower
The number of gifts you would receive if you received all the gifts in 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'
This loveable Christmas character was actually created by Montgomery Ward in the late 1930's for a holiday promotion.
He was the first president to decorate the white house Christmas tree in 1856
The word Christmas is actually a contraction of this phrase
The song 'Jingle Bells' was first written for this holiday
The first state to recognize the Christmas holiday officially was this southern state
This Bing Crosby song was released in 1942 and is considered to be the best-selling Christmas song
This classic Jimmy Stewart movie set during Christmas is said to appear on TV more often than any other holiday movie

Question	Answer
In France, instead of hanging stockings to be filled with presents, children hang this popular article of clothing
According to western tradition, children who have been naughty will get nothing more than this for christmas
The 'traditional' portrait of the American Santa Claus was created by artist Haddon Sundblom as part of an advertising campaign for this product
This famous Christmas poem was originally titled 'A Visit from St. Nicholas'
Between 1647 and 1660, Christmas celebrations were banned in this country under the power of Oliver Cromwell
Santa Claus evolved from the celebration of the life of this saint
This author wrote 'A Christmas Carol'
Construction workers started the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree tradition in this decade
The spanish phrase for 'Merry Christmas'
This popular Christmas drink consists mainly of milk, sugar, nutmeg, and eggs (and maybe something else depending on what party you attend)

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How much do you know about Christmas? Quiz

by calvinbudnick

Created Dec 17, 2009 in Holiday
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	confused:	Dec 17th, 2009 at 09:14 GMT		1 point
	Fun quiz, and nice combination of obvious, gettable and hard. Spent most of my time doing the math, though.

	recklessness:	Dec 17th, 2009 at 10:24 GMT		1 point
	I thought it would be a diffrent set of gifts everyday, that would make it 78. I didn't know that the "true love" ended up sending a partridge every 12 days.

	sporcl_er:	Dec 17th, 2009 at 17:15 GMT		1 point
	I'm with you recklessness. It should be 78.

	calvinbudnick:	Dec 17th, 2009 at 17:24 GMT		1 point
	The song mentions that the same gifts are received each day in addition to a new gift every day. Therefore, the recipient gets 1 gift the first day, 3 gifts the second day, 3 + (2 + 1) = 6 the third day, and so on. The grand total of gifts by the end is 364.

	recklessness:	Dec 18th, 2009 at 09:56 GMT		1 point
	So they were actually 12 partridges, 22 doves, 30 hens, 36 calling birds, 40 gold rings, 42 geese, 42 swans, 40 maids, 36 ladies, 30 lords, 22 pipers and 12 drummers in total.

	hckycoach:	Jan 6th, 2010 at 14:41 GMT		2 points
	The Red and White Santa, although believed to be due to coca cola is actually due to a Thomas Nast cartoon that was published in Harper's Weekly in 1863. Coke did help in mainstreaming the image, however Sundblom can't really take credit for it

	Taz4591:	Dec 3rd, 2010 at 13:37 GMT		1 point
	I wonder how mad that woman was after her "true love" gave her 364 presents.