When Did December 25 Become the Date to Celebrate Christmas?

When did December 25 become the date to celebrate Christmas?

The day Jesus was born

*A. D. 336

July 4, 1776

4 B. C.

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Where did the real Saint Nicholas live?

Jerusalem

London

Holland

*Turkey

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When did Sain Nicholas live?

4 B. C.

*Fourth century A. D.

Middle Ages

Renaissance

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What were the names of the wise men?

Peter, Paul and Simon

Peter, Paul and Mary

Malachi, Beelzebub and Caspian

*Melchior, Balthasaar and Kaspar

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What holiday did the ancient Romans celebrate on December 25?

Copernicus

*Saturnalia

Demetrius

All Caesar Day

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Little children look to Saint Nicholas as a patron saint. Who else claims him as a saint?

Bankers and pawnbrokers

Sailors and traverlers

Merchants and thieves

*All of the above

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In what country did the Christmas tree orginate?

Ireland

England

*Germany

United States

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What two countries have adopted Saint Nicholas as their patron saint?

Holland and Germany

Italy and Greece

*Greece and Russia

England and Holland

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How did Saint Nicholas help three young girls to get married (this is a story and can be found on the Internet)?

He gave them the gift of beauty.

*He gave them each a dowry.

Introduced them to handsome princes.

Gave them three frogs to kiss.

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Legend atributes the first celebration of Christmas in England to whom?

Hadrian

Robin Hood

King Richard the Lionhearted

*King Arthur

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Mistletoe is said to bring happiness, safety, and good fortune unless what?

*It touches the ground.

It has red berries.

Its berries drop off.

The berries turn brown.

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In what year was the first Christmas stamp printed in the United States?

1972

*1952

1942

1962

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Who wrote a mystery called "Murder for Christmas"?

Sue Grafton

*Agatha Christie

Carolyn Keene

Franklin W. Dixon

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What is the significance of December 6?

*It is the feast day of Saint Nicholas.

It is Boxing Day.

It is the feast day of Saint Stephen.

It is the birthday of Saint Patrick.

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Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day in the year 800. Who was crowned on Christmas Day in the year 1060?

Queen Elizabeth I

King Henry III

*William the conquerer

Shakespeare

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Who was the first to have a nativity scene at Christmas?

Constatine the Great

Pope Gregory

*Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Nicholas

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What did the Della Robbias in Florence, Italy, make during the early Renaissance?

Marzipan

*Enameled Christmas decorations

Frescoes

Fruitcakes

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On Christmas Day, 1492, Christopher Columbus

Set sail for the New World

Kissed Queen Isabella under the mistletoe

Landed in Cuba

*Named a port in Haiti

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Who, according to tradition, had the 1st Christmas tree?

Charles Dickens

Charlemagne

*Martin Luther

Beowulf

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What well-known English physicist was born on Christmas Day in 1642?

John Locke

Jonathan Kepler

*Sir Isaac Newton

William Harvey

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Which song won the Oscar for Best Song of 1942 and who sang it?

*"White Christmas", sung by Bing Crosby

"The Secret of Christmas" sung by Bing Crosby

"Silent Night", sung by Bing Crosby

"Thanks for the Memories", sung by Bob Hope

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What did a Delaware post office first sell in 1907?

Christmas stamps

Postage to the North Pole

Red-and-green mailing boxes

*Christmas seals

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Where did the name "Kris Kringle" come from?

A crunchy German cereal

*German Protestant churches

A medieval king in Bavaria

Christmas bells

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Who wrote "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing"?

*Charles Wesley

Martin Luther

Sir Walter Raleigh

Unknown

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"How the Grinch Stole Christmas" premiered in 1966. Who was the narrator?

Burl Ives

Jim Backus

*Boris Karloff

Gene Autry

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What American frontiersman was born in Kentucky on Christmas Eve, 1809?

*Kit Carson

Daniel Boone

Jim Bowie

Meriweather Lewis

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What treaty ending a U. S. war was signed on Christmas Eve?

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty of Appomattox

*Treaty of Ghent

The Pentagon Papers

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Where is the natural home of the poinsettia?

*Mexico

Florida

California

Australia

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Where does the poinsettia get its name?

From an Indian princess

From a Spanish explorer

From Columbus's navigator

*From a United States diplomat

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Where and when were Christmas cards first produced?

Boston in 1818

*London in 1843

St. Louis in 1814

A drugstore in the Bronx in 1892

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Which Christmas carol melody is also known as the state song of Maryland?

"O Christmas Tree"

"The Holly and the Ivy"

*"O Terra Pin"

"The Cherry Tree Carol"

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Which was the first state to make Christmas an official holiday?

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Virginia

*Alabama

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What is located at North Pole, New York?

A sleigh manufacturer

*Santa's Workshop

Santa's apple cider bottler

Rudolph's birthplace

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Who is the father of the American Christmas Card?

N. C. Wyeth

Winston Hallmark

Winslow Homer

*Louis Prang

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Which of these Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales takes place at Christmas?

"The Little Mermaid"

*"The Fir Tree"

"The Ugly Duckling"

"The Tinderbox"

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