Trivia-consumed by the night

1. What American state was the first to make Christmas an official holiday?Alabama

2. What is the shape of the candy cane molded after? The J in jesus

3. What was the name of the dog that belonged to the Grinch in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"?Max....lol.

4. What star led the Three Kings to Jesus?

5. What was the name os Scrooges' dead business partner in "A Christmas Carol"? Marley

6. Where did the real St Nicholas live?Asia Minor (turkey)

7. When you go Wassailing, what is it that you are doing?caroling which then in the old days they'd give you wassail which is really good spiced cider. we did it in choir

8. In the movie "It's A Wonderful Life", how do you know that an angel has received his wings?when a bell rings

9. What was the picture on the first stamp printed for the Christmas season?This is a debate. Canada produced a stamp that said Xmas 1898 in 1898. However it was not produced for Christmas. Denmark says that the first Christmas stamp was created in Denmark in 1904 by Einar Holboell. He added an extra stamp to the Christmas mail.The stamp said Julen 1904. Many people say that the 1943 Hungary stamps were the first actual Cristmas stamps depicting the Message to the Shepherds, the Nativity, and the Adoration of the Magi. The US's first Christmas stamp was released in 1962, which showed a Christmas wreath.
Thank you history first period today.
10. The poem commonly known as "The Night Before Christmas" was originally titled what?Visit from Saint Nicholas

11. What year were the first electric Christmas tree lights used in?1882

12. Good King Wenceslas was king of which country?...? but the person it was based after was duke of bohemia

13. When was Christmas first celebrated?dec. 25 336

14. Why was December 25th chosen as Christmas Day?

15. What country did poinsettias originally come from?Mexico(though my mom is a botanist and disagrees

16. How did Xmas originate as an abbreviation for Christmas?I think the x is an abbreviation of Christ's name.
17. What comes after '8 maids a-milking' in the song "The 12 days of Christmas"?
nine ladies dancing
18. When are the 12 days of Christmas? The twelve days from Christmas to epiphany

19. Of Santa's reindeer, how many are female and who?- trick question. At a trivia night a while ago it was established that the reigndeer in the poem have no gender. The tv shows made them up. So i mean it's your call on it.

20. How many sides does a snowflake have?6

21. Which emperor is credited with standardizing December 25th as Christmas day?

22. In Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory" what identical gift was bestowed upon the bootlegger, the busdriver, the knife grinder, 2 Baptist missionaries in Borneo and the President of the US?All i remember from that was fruitcake....so that's my answer

23. What is holly's symbolic meaning to Christians?The crown of thorns Jesus wore.

24. What does the bible mention as the date of Christ's birth?

25. What was the original reason for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (as a song) to be written, bu who in what year, and who first officially performed it? It was for a chain of department stores in 1939 by Robert May. I don't know who sang it.

26. What year did "A Charlie Borwn Christmas" debut on CBS and has aired every Christmas since?1965

27. What auspicious television event occurred on December 24, 1968?It was televised when the first people orbited the moon

28. Where is Christmas Island?Neew hampshire

29. Where is America's official Christmas tree located?Washington. It's pretty

30. In what year did Toys for Tots begin?1947