\nEach year, the boy asks and the father tells him, “I don’t
\nwant to pay for it.”<\/strong><\/p>\nBut the son kept begging. Unable to bear his son’s whining,
\nhe picks up his axe one day and heads out of the house.
\nThirty minutes later he returns with a great big Christmas tree. “How did you cut it down so fast?” his son asks.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t cut it down,” the father replies.
\n“I got it at a tree lot.”<\/p>\n
“Then why did you bring an axe?”<\/p>\n
“Because I didn’t want to pay.”<\/p>\n
<\/strong>I have a list of folks I know, all written in a book
\nAnd every year when Christmas comes, I go and take a look,
\nAnd that is when I realize that these names are a part
\nNot of the book they are written in, but really of my heart.
\nFor each name stands for someone who has crossed my path sometime,
\nAnd in the meeting they’ve become the rhythm in each rhyme.
\nAnd while it sounds fantastic for me to make this claim,
\nI really feel that I’m composed of each remembered name.<\/p>\nAnd while you may not be aware of any special link
\nJust meeting you has changed my life a lot more than you think.
\nFor once I’ve met somebody, the years cannot erase
\nThe memory of a pleasant word or of a friendly face.<\/p>\n
So never think my Christmas cards are just a mere routine
\nOf names upon a Christmas list, forgotten in between,
\nFor when I send a Christmas card that is addressed to you,
\nIt is because you’re on the list that I’m indebted to.<\/p>\n
For I am but a total of the many folks I’ve met,
\nAnd you happen to be one of those I prefer not to forget.
\nAnd whether I have known you for many years or few,
\nIn some ways you have a part in shaping things I do.<\/p>\n
And every year when Christmas comes, I realize anew,
\nThe best gifts life can offer is meeting folks like you.
\nAnd may the spirit of Christmas that forever endures
\nLeave its richest blessings in the hearts of you and yours.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n- What American state was the first to make Christmas an official holiday?<\/strong>
\na. Connecticut
\nb. Alabama
\nc. Alaska
\nd. North Carolina<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n(1.) b<\/p>\n
\n- What is the shape of the candy cane modeled after?<\/strong>
\na. A fish hook
\nb. A consillation of stars
\nc. The cane St. Nicholas used
\nd. A shepards crook<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n(2.) d<\/p>\n
\n- What was the name of the dog that belonged to the Grinch in Dr. Seuss’ book “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”?<\/strong>
\na. Rudolph
\nb. Toto
\nc. Max
\nd. Cerberus<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n(3.) c<\/p>\n
4. Which star led the Three Kings to Jesus?<\/strong>
\na. Star of David
\nb. North Star
\nc. Star of Bethlehem
\nd. Angel Star<\/p>\n(4.) c<\/p>\n
\n- What was the name of Scrooges’ dead business partner in “A Christmas Carol”?<\/strong>
\na. Jacob Marley
\nb. Bob Cratchit
\nc. Tiny Tim
\nd. Bill Sykes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n(5.) a<\/p>\n
6. Where did the real St. Nicholas live?<\/strong>
\na. In Holland
\nb. At the North Pole
\nc. In Turkey
\nd. In Germany<\/p>\n(6.) c<\/p>\n
\n- What brought Frosty the Snowman to life?<\/strong>
\na. Pixie Dust
\nb. An old silk hat
\nc. A kiss
\nd. A fresh snowfall<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n(7.) b<\/p>\n
\n- When you go Wassailing, what is it that you are doing?<\/strong>
\na. Giving out gifts to your friends & neighbors
\nb. Going out in the woods to cut down your Christmas tree
\nc. Challenging as many of your neighbors as you can to a snowball fight
\nd. Going to visit neighbors and receiving goodies!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n(8.) d<\/p>\n
\n- In the movie “It’s A Wonderful Life” how do you know that an angel has received his wings?<\/strong>
\na. A light flashes
\nb. It starts raining
\nc. A trumpet sounds
\nd. A bell rings<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n(9.) d<\/p>\n
\n- Who was the author of “A Christmas Carol”?<\/strong>
\na. Hans Christian Anderson
\nb. Charles Dickens
\nc. Thomas M. Sawyer
\nd. Mark Twain<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n(10.) b<\/p>\n
11. What was pictured on the first stamp printed for the Christmas season?<\/strong>
\na. Santa Claus
\nb. An Angel
\nc. A Star
\nd. A Rose<\/p>\n(11.) d<\/p>\n
12. The poem commonly known as “The Night Before Christmas” was originally titled:<\/strong>
\na. The Night Before Christmas
\nb. Santa Claus is Coming to Town
\nc. A Visit From Saint Nicholas
\nd. The Night Visitor<\/p>\n(12). c<\/p>\n
\n- Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in what year?<\/strong>
\na. 1925
\nb. 1700
\nc. 1895
\nd. 1750<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n(13.) c<\/p>\n
14. At Christmas, it is customary to exchange kisses beneath a sprig of which plant?<\/strong>
\na. Holly
\nb. Mistletoe
\nc. Ivy
\nd. Pine<\/p>\n(14.) b<\/p>\n
\n- Which of these events did NOT occur on Christmas Day? <\/strong>
\na. Hong Kong fell to the Japanese in WWII.
\nb. Ebenezer Scrooge was visited by four ghosts.
\nc. King Arthur pulled Excalibur from the stone.
\nd. Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n(15.) b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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