CHRISTMAS FUN AND GAMES

Christmas Games

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Christmas Carol Opposites

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1. Cacophonous Morning

2. Disregard the Unofficial Devils Shriek

3. Down on the Substructure Floor

4. Lucifer Awake the Grouchy Ladies

5. Substantial City of New York

6. I Heard Daddy Yelling at the Easter Bunny

7. The Final Easter

8. Go Away All Ye Unbelieving

9. You'll Be Gone for Halloween

10. Retreating in a Summer Undergrowth

11. It Fled in a Noonday Fog

12. Oh Wicked Day

13. Peanuts Chilling in an Airtight Container

14. Grouchy Young Demon Scrooge

15. You Four Paupers from Harlem

Christmas Trivia

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1. When was the term "Xmas" invented?

2. How many packages does the USPS deliver during the December holidays?

3. What two things made red and green popular Christmas colors?

4. How many Americans display an artificial Christmas tree every year?

5. How fast would Santa's sleigh have to travel to deliver presents to all the children in the world?

6. How much do Americans spend on holiday shopping every year?

7. What's the highest grossing Christmas movie of all time?

8. What's the most popular Christmas song of all time?

9. What country does eggnog come from?

10. What holiday was Jingle Bells actually written for?

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Below are the answers:

1. When was the term "Xmas" invented? 1550

While you might think the shortened version of "Christmas" is a modern creation, it actually harkens back all the way to the mid-1500s and the Greek letter X, which is the first letter in (you guessed it) the Greek word for Christ: Χριστός.

2. How many packages does the USPS deliver during the December holidays? 28 million

Per estimates from the United States Postal Service, USPS mail carriers delivered more than 28 million packages every day between Dec. 16 and 21, 2019, and averaged 20.5 million packages per day through the remainder of the year. They projected 800 million packages reaching Americans' doorsteps between Thanksgiving 2019 and New Year’s Day 2020.

3. What two things made red and green popular Christmas colors? Holly and Coca-Cola

While the tradition of red and green holly dates back to Roman winter solstice celebrations, the Coca-Cola company also played a role. The soda makers popularized the plump and jolly red-suit-wearing Santa in an ad in 1931, Arielle Eckstut, co-author of Secret Language of Color told NPR.

4. How many Americans display an artificial Christmas tree every year? 82 percent

In 2018, 82 percent of Christmas trees in American households were artificial, while over 95 million households displayed a Christmas tree, according to the American Christmas Tree Association.

5. How fast would Santa's sleigh have to travel to deliver presents to all the children in the world? 6 million miles per hour

Factoring in the number of children who celebrate Christmas around the world (around 700 million) and the total time Santa would have due to time-zone differences (31 hours), Dr. Katy Sheen, a physicist from Exeter University, determined that Santa would travel so fast that his reindeer would break the speed of sound.

6. How much do Americans spend on holiday shopping every year? $942

Americans are estimated to spend an average of $942 per person on holiday gifts, for a total of more than $1 trillion.

7. What's the highest grossing Christmas movie of all time? The Grinch

According to Wikipedia, 2018’s The Grinch grossed $511,595,957, beating out other Christmas favorites, Home Alone and Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

8. What's the most popular Christmas song of all time? Silent Night or White Christmas

Trick question! There could be two answers here. The most recorded Christmas song of all time is "Silent Night," according to Time, whereas "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby holds the Guinness World Record for the best-selling single.

9. What country does eggnog come from? England

No one seems to know the exact origins of eggnog, but it seems to have started from a drink monks enjoyed in England, and changed to the modern concept over the years.

10. What holiday was Jingle Bells actually written for? Thanksgiving

Jingle Bells was originally performed at a church Thanksgiving service. It was originally titled “One Horse Open Sleigh” and is also the first Christmas song broadcast from space!