History of Christmas and Santa Claus Trivia Game

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1. Where did poinsettias originally come from?
	Mexico	Christmas Islands
	Australia	Iceland
According to Mexican legend, a child had only weeds to offer baby Jesus, who turned the weeds into beautiful, red "Flowers of the Holy Night".

2. In 1939, a copywriter first wrote about Rudolph the red nose reindeer for which department store?
	Montgomery Ward	Macey's
	Wal-Mart	Amazon.com
Robert May first revealed Rudolph's story to the world in a book written for the Montgomery Ward department store chain. (Rudolph has always thought of him as a bit of a father figure!).

3. What is Santa called in England?
	Grandfather Frost	Father Christmas
	Befana	Père Noël
References to Father Christmas go as far back as the 15th Century.

4. For which of these events is there no absolute proof that it happened on a Christmas Day?
	The birth of Jesus	British and German troops declared an impromptu truce in WWI and played soccer
	Mikhail Gorbachev resigns and the U.S.S.R. disintegrates	The King of France sends the King of England a live elephant
In ancient times, the date of one's death was more important than the date of their birth. Because birthdays were seldom celebrated then, no one bothered to keep records so there will always be some uncertainty as to Jesus' exact birthdate.

5. Who did Coca-Cola commission to illustrate its famous "Santa Claus" ads?
	Haddon Sundblom	Robert May
	Lou Prentice	Thomas Nast
Lou Prentice, Sundblom's neighbour, was the first model Sundblom used in his paintings.

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