History of Christmas and Santa Claus Trivia Game

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1. From his illustrations for Coca-Cola, which of the following is the only characteristic of the modern Santa Claus Haddon Sundblom is generally credited with?
	Mischievous	Leaving goodies for Santa to eat and drink
	A jolly, grandfatherly figure	A red and white suit
Although the image of Santa painted by Sundblom was already in place, he certainly cemented that image in everyone's mind.

2. Saint Nicholas was literally brought to North America as the figurehead on the bow of the Dutch ship...
	New Amsterdam	Sinterklass
	Goodwife	Lollipop
It was the Good ship, Lollipop! The Dutch on that ship then paid the Iroquois $24 for what is now New York City and built a statue in St. Nicholas' honour in the town square.

3. Which of the following explains why early Americans so eagerly adopted the Saint Nicholas figure from Dutch settlers?
	It was just after independence from England and Americans were looking for their own traditions to replace those of the British	Saint Nicholas was a much funkier dresser than the other gift-giving figures of the day
	There was a very large contingent of Dutch settlers spread throughout all the former British colonies	Saint Nicholas already had a very strong following in Massachusetts
St. Nicholas' Dutch, and thus, anti-British origins, made him a bit of a rebel in New York, which suited the newly independent residents just fine.

4. How did the tradition of Christmas cards get started?
	The Post Office created them to offset lower postal rates	19th century schoolboys practising their penmanship
	As a way of boosting World War I soldiers morale	They were created by lithographers desparate for more business
In the 1830's, English schoolboys used to write home on decorative paper to show their parents their improving writing skills. In 1843, Henry Cole had 1,000 cards lithographed to send to friends, but it wasn't until the 1850's that the cost of cards and postage was cheap enough to make it a widespread tradition.

5. Which of the following did not contribute to the idea of Saint Nick as a gift-giver?
	12th century French nuns	Martin Luther providing gifts for his children
	Odin's habit of bringing gifts to followers	The winter feast of Saturnalia
Martin Luther actually outlawed Saint Nicholas!

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