| 1. Which Christmas tree fact is NOT
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| | Wenceslas, who lived in the 10th century,
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| true?A. Artificial Christmas trees have
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| | was only a Duke, not a King at all.5. In
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| outsold real ones every year since 1991.
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| | 8971, the New York Sun newspaper wrote a
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| B. Nova Scotia leads the world in
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| | famous response to a little girl's
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| exporting Christmas trees.
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| | question: "Yes, _______, there is a Santa
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| C. Franklin Pierce was the first
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| | Claus." Can you name that girl?A. Mary
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| president to decorate an official White
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| | B. Charlotte
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| House Christmas tree.
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| | C. Vidalia
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| D. The Christmas tree was chosen to
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| | D. VirginiaD. VirginiaQQ: Virginia
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| represent this holy holiday because it's
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| | O'Hanlon to be exact! Shame on you, if
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| shape points the way to heaven.D. The
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| | you missed it.6. Can you name Scrooge's
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| Christmas tree was chosen to represent
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| | dead business partner from Charles
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| this holy holiday because it's shape
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| | Dickens' "A Christmas Carol?"A. Jacob
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| points the way to heaven.QQ: OK, so maybe
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| | Marley
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| it's true, but the QuizQueen can't prove
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| | B. Tiny Tim
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| that fact, as reasonable as it sounds,
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| | C. Bob Cratchett
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| because it wasn't in any of the
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| | D. Old WilliamA. Jacob MarleyQQ: The
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| literature she dug up for this quiz.2.
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| | first of four spirits to appear to
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| Can you name the popular Christmas song
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| | Scrooge that fateful Christmas Eve was
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| that was actually written for
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| | that of Jacob Marley, his old business
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| Thanksgiving?A. Jingle Bells
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| | partner.7. One of the pagan traditions
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| B. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
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| | that Christians have incorporated into
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| C. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
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| | their Christmas celebration includes
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| D. Away in the Manger
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| | hanging mistletoe. Which of these is NOT
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| A. Jingle BellsQQ: The song was composed
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| | a former pagan belief?A. Ancient
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| in 1857 by James Pierpont, and was
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| | Europeans believed that the mistletoe
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| originally called One Horse Open Sleigh.
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| | plant held magical powers to bestow life
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| When you think about it, the words make a
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| | and fertility as well as protect against
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| lot more sense that way...3. Electric
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| | disease.
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| Christmas tree lights were first used in
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| | B. French girls used to slip branches of
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| what year?A. 1865
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| | mistletoe beneath their pillows to dream
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| B. 1895
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| | of their future husbands.
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| C. 1905
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| | C. The Celts believed mistetoe brought
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| D. 1932B. 1895QQ: American Ralph E.
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| | about peace and goodwill.
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| Morris had the bright idea that electric
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| | D. Northern Europeans associated
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| Christmas lights would be safer than
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| | mistletoe with the Norse goddess of love,
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| using candles.4. Good King Wenceslas was
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| | Freya and developed the custom of kissing
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| king of what country?A. Bohemia
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| | underneath mistletoe branches.B. French
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| B. England
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| | girls used to slip branches of mistletoe
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| C. Germany
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| | beneath their pillows to dream of their
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| D. MoroccoA. Bohemia.QQ: Who knows why
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| | future husbands.QQ: That was a tough one,
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| those Bohemians always get such a bad
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| | wasn't it?
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| rep? Although, history has it that
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