Question of the day: Christmas Trivia

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Christmas Trivia

Answer as many or as few as you like:

What popular children's cracker today was introduced in 1902 as a Christmas ornament?
In 1939 Robert May created this Christmas figure as a Christmas promotion for Montgomery Ward department store in Chicago.
Who was the United States first ambassador to Mexico?
What popular Christmas candy today had it’s debute and was given out by a choirmaster in 1670 to quiet the noisy children?
What best selling Christmas song did Gene Autry record in 1951?
What American President barred the Christmas Tree from being displayed in the White House?
What years were the first machine printed Christmas Card offered in a United States Variety Store?
The politicians, women’s groups, and seniors’ organizations protested this Christmas song written in 1979 and popularized by Elmo and Patsy.
“Crying up the lum “ is how some Scottish children tell Santa Claus their Christmas gift wishes. What is “crying up the lum “?
The Nutcracker phenomenon started as a story by E.T.A. Hoffmann in what year?

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Unknown12/13/2006 7:58 AM
1) The Barnum’s Animal Cracker and box was introduced by the National Biscuit Company. The box, as it does today, had a string designed so that the box could be hung as a Christmas ornament.
2) Rudolph the Red Noised Reindeer.
3) Joel Poinsett the developer of the popular Christmas Poinesttia flower.
4) The candy cane.
5) Frosty the Snowman.
6) President Teddy Roosevelt.
7) In the 1850s Pease’s Great Variety Store in Albany sold the first machine printed Christmas cards.
8) Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.
9) They simply stick their heads up the chimney and shout out their Christmas desires.
10) The nutcracker began in 1816.
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Christmas Trivia

Answer as many or as few as you like:

What popular children's cracker today was introduced in 1902 as a Christmas ornament?
In 1939 Robert May created this Christmas figure as a Christmas promotion for Montgomery Ward department store in Chicago.
Who was the United States first ambassador to Mexico?
What popular Christmas candy today had it’s debute and was given out by a choirmaster in 1670 to quiet the noisy children?
What best selling Christmas song did Gene Autry record in 1951?
What American President barred the Christmas Tree from being displayed in the White House?
What years were the first machine printed Christmas Card offered in a United States Variety Store?
The politicians, women’s groups, and seniors’ organizations protested this Christmas song written in 1979 and popularized by Elmo and Patsy.
“Crying up the lum “ is how some Scottish children tell Santa Claus their Christmas gift wishes. What is “crying up the lum “?
The Nutcracker phenomenon started as a story by E.T.A. Hoffmann in what year?

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Unknown12/13/2006 7:58 AM
1) The Barnum’s Animal Cracker and box was introduced by the National Biscuit Company. The box, as it does today, had a string designed so that the box could be hung as a Christmas ornament.
2) Rudolph the Red Noised Reindeer.
3) Joel Poinsett the developer of the popular Christmas Poinesttia flower.
4) The candy cane.
5) Frosty the Snowman.
6) President Teddy Roosevelt.
7) In the 1850s Pease’s Great Variety Store in Albany sold the first machine printed Christmas cards.
8) Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.
9) They simply stick their heads up the chimney and shout out their Christmas desires.
10) The nutcracker began in 1816.
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