Crazy Christmas Facts

When Was the first candy cane made?

• About 100 years ago
• About 150 years ago
• About 350 years ago
• About 500 years ago

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Several countries claim borders to the North Pole.  Which country is actually closest?

• Russia
• USA (Alaska)
• Canada
• Denmark (Greenland)

How tall was the tallest Snowman ever to be built? (It was actually a SnowWOMAN).

• over 20 feet
• over 80 feet
• over 120 feet
• over 200 feet

Snowflakes are made of _______ colored crystals. 

• clear
• blue
• white
• not crystals at all

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Reindeer are actually __________.

• elk
• caribou
• white-tail
• moose

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Which of the following were banned between 1649 and 1660?

• carols
• candy canes
• building snowmen
• hot chocolate

In 2014, South Korea placed a Christmas tree on their border with North Korea.  What did North Korea say they would do to the tree?

• finish decorating
• put presents under it
• pay the light bill
• bomb it

Which reindeer grow antlers?

• male
• female
• both
• reindeer do not have antlers

Scientist claim __________ are actually female (girl) reindeer.

• all of them
• Dancer and Prancer
• Rudolph and Donner
• none

Historians believe the first Christmas tree was decorated in ________.

• France, 1810
• USA, 1776
• Germany, 1510
• England, 1620