A POST-HOLIDAY QUIZ Just when you thought you were through wi t h the holidays, we have decided to test you on some holiday trivia. You might be surprised at your level of holiday knowledge. QUESTIONS 1. What are the names of Santa’s 10 reindeer? 2. What are the gifts in the “12 days of Christmas”? 3. What is the origin of the Christmas tree? 4. What gifts did the Three Kings bring? 5. What is worn in the song “Deck the Halls”? 6. How many candles are on a menorah? 7. What do we pretend the snowman’s name is in the song “Winter Wonderland”? 8. “Sister Susie sitting on a thistle” is a line from which holiday song? 9. In ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, what did Mama wear on her head? 10. How many ways are there to spell the name for the Jewish Festival of Lights? This “bling art” Santa was created by artist Andrea Jarvis. Answers 1. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph and “Olive” (“all of (Olive) the other reindeer,” from the song, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”) 2. A partridge in a pear tree, turtle doves, French hens, calling birds, golden rings, geese-a-laying, swans-a-swimming, maids-a-milking, ladies dancing, lords-a-leaping, pipers piping and drummers drumming. 3. It is claimed that the Protestant reformer Martin Luther started the tradition in Germany in the early 1500s. 4. Frankincense, gold and myrrh. 5. Our gay apparel. 6. Nine, eight in a row and one on top. 7. Parson Brown. 8. “All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth.” 9. ‘Kerchief. 10. Who cares as long as it sounds like Hanukkah? 9 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 | TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 67 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 | TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 67
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