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- 2. This U.S. president, an environmentalist, banned Christmas trees from the White House in 1901
- 4. She was only 13 years old when she first recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” back in 1958.
- 5. This frying pan shaped state, was the last U.S. state to declare Christmas a legal holiday, in 1907.
- 7. Teacher says, "Every time a bell rings," this gets wings.
- 8. Artificial Christmas trees were once made with these type of dyed green feathers.
- 11. A native plant to Mexico and was cultivated by the Aztecs
- 15. Maids a milkin’
- 17. In Bolivia, some people bring this farm animal to the midnight mass, a gesture that symbolizes the belief that this animal was the first to announce the birth of Jesus.
- 18. Because they viewed Christmas as a decadent Catholic holiday, this early conservative group in America banned all Christmas celebrations from 1659-1681 with a penalty of five shillings for each offense.
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- 1. This southern state located between Georgia and Mississippi, was the first state in the United States to officially recognize Christmas in 1836.
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- 6. Christmas ____________ sends nearly 15,000 people to the ER. With all his tangled lights, Clark Griswald from Christmas Vacation, knows a thing or two about this.
- 9. According to the Guinness World Records, the tallest Christmas tree ever cut was a 221-foot Douglas _____ that was displayed in 1950 at the Northgate Shopping Center in Seattle, Washington.
- 10. Considered sacred because it remains green and bears fruit during the winter when all other plants appear to die. Unfortunately, Mommy was caught underneath it one Christmas.
- 12. In Poland, it is common to see Christmas trees decorated with this creepy arachnid because according to legend, they wove a blanket for Baby Jesus.
- 13. An enormous log that is typically burned during the Twelve Days of Christmas means “revolution” or “wheel,” which symbolizes the cyclical return of the sun. A burning log or its charred remains is said to offer health, fertility, and luck as well as the ability to ward off evil spirits.
- 14. The “true love” mentioned in the song “Twelve Days of Christmas” does not refer to a romantic couple, but the Catholic Church’s code for God. The person who receives the gifts represents someone who has accepted that code. For example, the “partridge in a pear tree” represents ___________. The “two turtledoves” represent the Old and New Testaments.
- 16. Each year, in the U.S. alone, more than 3 billion of these are sent out at Christmas time.