1: Alabama
2: One of those sheppard staff things.
3: Max!
4: The star of bethlehem?
5: Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.
6: Turkey
7: Visiting neighbors, singing and bringing good cheer and exchanging of gifts and treats.
8: By the sound of a bell ringing
9: A star
10: A visit from Saint Nicholas
11: 1890ish
12: Bohemia?
13: Chronographiai, a reference book written in 221 was the first mentioning of the idea that Christ was born on the 25th of december, however it is unclear as to whether or not they african church at the time celebrated Christmas as a holiday, so probably the Chronography of 354, a manuscript compiled in Rome that mentions the celebration of Christ's birth, would be the earliest time noted.
14: In part to compete with the Roman Feast of the Unconquered Sun, and also because december 25 is 9 months after march 25, which is the Vernal Equinox, which is what many think to be the date that Adam was created, and that Jesus was conceived.
15: Mexico!
16: In the Greek the word for Christ begins with an X, thus taking the first letter of "christ" and placing it on mas, and you get xmas.
17: 9 ladies dancing.
18: December 26-January 6th.
19: No clue. Im pretty certain Vixen is female, but i dont know if there are more.
20: 6
21: The Good Emperor Constantine!
22: Socks :-P I dont know :-P
23: The berries represent his blood, the leaves the crown of thorns (starts singing "the holly and the ivy"
24: Nothing that I recall.
25: In 1939 as a store Advertisement (I dont remember which one) And Gene Autry performed it first.
26: 1965 (and you misspelled Brown ^^;
27: The first reading of the book of Genesis on public television.....FROM SPACE! Apollo 8 Achieved orbit!
28: Kiritimati is located in the indian ocean.
29: In 1925 in Kings Canyon national park a 300 ft redwood was declared Americas Christmas tree.
30: In 1947
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