Christmas Math Trivia

America’s first batch of eggnog was made in the Jamestown settlement. What year was eggnog made?

• 1807

• 1707

• 1607

• 1907

Tinsel was invented in Germany and was once made of real silver. Which year was this invented?

• 1710

• 1610

• 1510

• 1410

Brenda Lee recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” when she was only how many years old?

• 11 years old

• 12 years old

• 13 years old

• 14 years old

Paul McCartney’s Christmas song is widely regarded as the worst of all the songs he ever recorded yet he earns _______________ a year off of it.

• $100,000

• $200,000

• $400,000

• $600,000

If you gave all the gifts listed in the Twelve Days of Christmas, it would equal _________ gifts

• 264

• 364

• 464

• 564

NORAD’s “Santa Tracker” was born from a misprint in the newspaper. A Sears ad was supposed to print the number of a store where children could call and tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas. The number printed was to the hotline of the Director of Operations for the U.S. Continental Air Defense. Colonel Shoup ordered his staff to give the children updates on the flight coordinates of Santa. What year was this published?

• 1955

• 1960

• 1965

• 1970

The oldest artificial Christmas trees date back to the late many years and were made of green raffia (think grass hula skirts) or dyed goose feathers. Next the Addis Brush Company used their machinery that wove toilet brushes to create pine-like branches for artificial Christmas trees that were less flammable and could hold heavier decorations.

• 1600s

• 1700s

• 1800s

• 1900s

The Statue of Liberty was gifted to the US by the French on Christmas day in 1886. It weighs _____ tons and thus you could consider it as the biggest Christmas gift in the world.

• 210 tons

• 215 tons

• 220 tons

• 225 tons

Hallmark introduced their first Christmas cards in what year?

• 1900

• 1915

• 1930

• 1945

Christmas trees are sold in the US since 1850, and on an average, it takes ____ years for a Christmas tree to be fully grown, although it can take 15.

• 3-5

• 6-8

• 9-11

• 12-14