Additional confectioners’ sugar or crushed vanilla wafers
Directions
Mix together wafer crumbs, pecans, confectioners’ sugar and cocoa. Combine rum, honey and water; stir into crumb mixture. Shape into 1-in. balls. Roll in additional confectioners’ sugar or wafer crumbs. (I have seen these rum balls also rolled in crushed pecans, coconut or candy bits.) Store in an airtight container.
NOTE: Bourbon may be substituted for the rum if you like.
Rasputin: mystic, mad man, or none of the above? You decide with a fascinating look at his life and fabled death.
Most people have heard of Anastasia, the daughter of Czar Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna who, according to a trove of rumors, survived her family’s extrajudicial murder in July 1918. Though the rumors were later disproved, general fascination with Anastasia and the tragic story of Imperial Russia’s final sovereign family has garnered extensive attention, and even an animated movie, Anastasia, that was released in 1997. Though the movie wasn’t historically accurate, Rasputin, the minion-dispatching menace did exist. According to many eyewitness testimonies, the “man who wouldn’t die” was just as intriguing as the royal family itself.
The Early Years Of Rasputin’s Life
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was born in Siberia, Russia in 1869. From an early age, villagers noticed something different about the young boy, and many claimed he had supernatural powers. As a teenager, Rasputin went to Verkhoture Monastery in Russia hoping to become a monk. He never completed the program, however, and instead married at age 19 to Praskovia Fyodorovna, with whom he had three children.
Within two short years following his 1906 arrival in Saint Petersburg, Rasputin was introduced to Czar Nicholas and his wife, both desperately seeking a cure for their son, Alexei, the heir to the throne. Historians now know that Alexei was a hemophiliac, though at the time the royal family chalked his health problems up to a weak constitution. Rasputin successfully “cured” Alexei, gaining the trust of Alexandra in the process. While some claim that Rasputin hypnotized the boy, others say it was dark magic, and still others wonder if the “mad monk” had any healing powers to begin with.
For the next five years or so, Rasputin held a large influence over Alexei’s treatment, however, Rasputin’s presence in the palace and his time spent with Alexandra prompted a number of harsh critiques on the royal family’s credibility. Rasputin’s lewd, unruly behavior and his insistence that he was the czarina’s adviser proved a bone of contention between the royal family and Russian constituents. Alexandra often defended Rasputin from the many advisers and officers who sought his removal from the royal palace as she claimed that he was the only one who could save her son.
World War I, prompting Nicholas to head to war and leave Alexandra in charge of domestic affairs. During this time, many sought to remove Rasputin from the family’s presence. They called him a witchdoctor, and thought he was using black magic to poison Alexandra’s mind. In reality, though, Rasputin had little influence in political matters.
Attempts On Rasputin’s Life
Reportedly, Rasputin’s first assassination attempt occurred in 1914, when the prostitute Khioniya Guseva stabbed him in the gut with a dagger in what was thought to be a mortal wound. Eyewitnesses claim that as Rasputin’s entrails fell from his stomach Guseva shouted, “I’ve killed the antichrist.” Though Rasputin survived the attack, his demeanor changed permanently.
In 1916, the country’s distaste for Rasputin hit an all-time high, and a group of conspirators including Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich and Prince Felix Yusupov set out to kill him. Using Yusupov’s wife to lure Rasputin to their home, the conspirators fed Rasputin wine and cakes laced with cyanide. Though it was reportedly enough poison to kill five men, Rasputin was unaffected.
Unperturbed, the conspirators continued their attack by beating him repeatedly, then shooting him in the back and causing him to fall to the floor. Yet Rasputin, much like an antibiotic-resistant pathogen, still wasn’t dead. According to some, Rasputin jumped up violently, only to be shot several more times. The men then wrapped the body in a sheet or carpet and tossed him into the Neva River.
Rasputin’s body was pulled from the water three days later. Though autopsy reports differ, most attest that he was still alive when thrown into the water and that from the positioning of his body, he had tried to break free before either drowning or dying from hypothermia. The exact cause of death has been debated for decades.
Intriguingly, before Rasputin died, he told the Czar, “If I am killed by common men, you and your children will rule Russia for centuries to come; if I am killed by one of your stock, you and your family will be killed by the Russian people!”
Regardless of your thoughts regarding Rasputin’s alleged mysticism, his harsh words came true less than two years later, when the entire family was brought to a basement and murdered.
In the early morning hours of December 26, 1996, John and Patsy Ramsey awoke to find their six-year-old daughter JonBenét Ramsey missing from her bed at their home in Boulder, Colorado. Patsy and John had woken up early to prepare for a trip, when Patsy discovered a ransom note on the stairs demanding $118,000 for their daughter’s safe return.
Despite the note’s warning not to involve police, Patsy immediately called them, as well as friends and family in order to aid in the search for JonBenét Ramsey. Police arrived at 5:55 AM and found no signs of forced entry, but did not search the basement, where her body would eventually be found.
Before JonBenét’s body was even found, there were many investigative mistakes made. Only JonBenét’s room was cornered off, so friends and family roamed the rest of the house, picking up things and potentially destroying evidence. The Boulder Police Department also shared evidence they found with the Ramseys and delayed conducting their informal interviews with the parents. At 1:00 PM the detectives instructed Mr. Ramsey and a family friend to go around the house to see if anything was amiss. The first place they looked was the basement, where they found JonBenét’s body. John Ramsey immediately picked up his daughter’s body and brought her upstairs, which unfortunately destroyed potential evidence by disturbing the crime scene.
During the autopsy it was discovered that JonBenét Ramsey had died from asphyxiation due to strangulation, in addition to a skull fracture. Her mouth had been covered in duct tape and her wrists and neck were wrapped with a white cord. Her torso had been covered in a white blanket. There was no conclusive evidence of rape as no semen was found on the body and her vagina appeared to have been wiped clean, although a sexual assault had occurred. The makeshift garret was made using a length of cord and part of a paintbrush from the basement. The coroner also found what was believed to be pineapple in JonBenét’s stomach. Her parents do not remember giving her any the night before she died, but there was a bowl of pineapple in the kitchen which had her nine-year-old brother Burke’s fingerprints on it, however this meant little since time cannot be attributed to fingerprints. The Ramseys maintained Burke was in his room all night asleep, and there was never any physical evidence to reflect otherwise.
There are two popular theories in the Ramsey case; the family theory and the intruder theory. The initial investigation focused heavily on the Ramsey family for many reasons. The police felt that the ransom note was staged as it was unusually long, written using a pen and paper from the Ramsey’s house, and demanded almost the exact amount of money that John had received as a bonus earlier that year. Additionally, the Ramseys were reluctant to cooperate with police, though they later said this was because they feared the police would not conduct a full investigation and target at them as easy suspects. However all three members of the immediate family were questioned by investigators and submitting handwriting samples to compare to the ransom letter. Both John and Burke were cleared of any suspicion of writing the note. Although much was made that Patsy could not be conclusively cleared by her handwriting sample, this analysis was not further supported by any other evidence.
Despite a larger pool of suspects, the media immediately focused on JonBenét’s parents, and they spent years under the harsh limelight of the public eye. In 1999, a Colorado grand jury voted to indict the Ramseys on child endangerment and obstruction of a murder investigation, however the prosecutor felt that the evidence did not meet the beyond a reasonable doubt standard and declined to prosecute. JonBenét’s parents were never officially named as suspects in the murder.
Alternatively, the intruder theory had lots of physical evidence to support it. There was a boot print found next to JonBenét’s body which did not belong to anyone in the family. There was also a broken window in the basement which was believed to be the most likely point of entry for an intruder. Additionally, there was DNA from drops of blood from an unknown male found on her underwear. The floors in the Ramsey’s home were heavily carpeted, making it plausible for an intruder to have carried JonBenét downstairs without waking the family.
One of the most famous suspects was John Karr. He was arrested in 2006 when he confessed to killing JonBenét by accident, after he had drugged and sexually assaulted her. Karr was eventually dismissed as a suspect after it was revealed that no drugs had been found in JonBenét’s system, police could not confirm he was in Boulder at the time, and his DNA did not match the profile generated from the samples found.
Much of the recent investigation in the case revolves around the DNA profiles developed from the sample found in her underwear and the touch DNA later developed from her long johns. The profile from her underwear was entered into CODIS (the national DNA database) in 2003, but no matches have been identified.
In 2006, Boulder District Attorney Mary Lacy took over the case. She agreed with the federal prosecutor that the intruder theory was more plausible than the Ramseys killing their daughter. Under Lacy’s lead, investigators developed a DNA profile from touch DNA (DNA left behind by skin cells) on her long johns. In 2008 Lacy released a statement detailing the DNA evidence and fully exonerating the Ramsey family, saying in part:
“The Boulder District Attorney’s Office does not consider any member of the Ramsey family, including John, Patsy, or Burke Ramsey, as suspects in this case. We make this announcement now because we have recently obtained this new scientific evidence that adds significantly to the exculpatory value of the previous scientific evidence. We do so with full appreciation for the other evidence in this case.
Local, national, and even international publicity has focused on the murder of JonBenet Ramsey. Many members of the public came to believe that one or more of the Ramseys, including her mother or her father or even her brother, were responsible for this brutal homicide. Those suspicions were not based on evidence that had been tested in court; rather, they were based on evidence reported by the media.”
In 2010 the case was officially reopened with renewed focus on the DNA samples. Further testing has been conducted on the samples and experts now believe that the sample is actually from two individuals rather than one. In 2016 it was announced that the DNA would be sent to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to be tested using more modern methods and authorities hope to develop an even stronger DNA profile of the killer.
In 2016, CBS aired The Case of JonBenét Ramsey which implied her then nine-year-old brother Burke was the killer despite the fact he was cleared by the DNA evidence that proved the existence of an intruder. Burke filed a $750 million-dollar lawsuit against CBS for defamation. The case was settled in 2019, and while the terms of the settlement were not disclosed, his lawyer stated the case was “amicably resolved to the satisfaction of all parties.”
The JonBenét Ramsey case is still open and remains unsolved.
The coffee is made, the cinnamon buns are in the oven and the gifts are open! Maybe you got exactly what you wanted, but maybe not. Whatever the case, your gifts have to be better than the awful ones I found below.
Even some of the most ardent deer enthusiasts and hunters have never heard of the Seneca white deer herd. This unique group of deer boasts a beautiful white coat that makes it notable throughout the world. Keep reading to learn everything you need to know about this mysterious herd.
The History of the Seneca White Deer Herd
The Seneca white deer herd’s history stretches back to 1941. Humans were inadvertently instrumental in the creation of this unique group of deer.
In 1941, New York’s Seneca Army Depot in Seneca County enclosed 10,600 acres to create a compound where since then, we’ve seen this herd’s development.
A fence positioned around the compound trapped in a deer population, keeping it separate from other deer in the area. This fence stretched 24 miles, and it was high enough that the deer inside the compound weren’t able to jump over. While the compound’s number of deer was small at the beginning, it has obviously grown exponentially since then.
Some of the original deer on the compound carried recessive genes that create all-white coats. As inbreeding became common in this deer population, white coats became common. The white coat genes got stronger and stronger as time passed.
Some people believe the Seneca white deer herd is made up of albino deer, but this isn’t true. Leucism, not albinism, causes the white coat that is so common in this herd, and the white deer in the Seneca herd are actually leucistic deer.
The Seneca White Deer Herd is a Leucistic Deer Herd
The gene for leucism means that the deer’s fur doesn’t have any pigmentation. While deer usually have a coat in a shade of brown, deer with leucism lack the pigmentation to create that kind of coat.
That is why their coats are completely white. While leucism is a recessive gene, constant inbreeding in the Seneca white deer herd over several decades has made this herd mostly white-coated.
Are Seneca White Deer Always Completely White?
While deer with leucism, such as the ones in the Seneca white deer herd, are usually completely white, there can be some variations. For example, a leucistic deer may be only primarily white, with other markings. Even completely white leucistic deer still have a black nose.
Leucism vs Albinism
One difference between a leucistic deer and an albino deer is that the albino deer has pink eyes. Leucistic deer like the ones in the Seneca white deer herd, on the other hand, have brown eyes like any other deer. Albinism is much rarer than leucism.
Overall, deer with leucism are healthier than albino deer. That is why leucistic deer tend to enjoy longer lives than deer with the albino trait. One major disadvantage of any kind of white deer, however, is their difficulty with camouflaging themselves and hiding from predators in the wild. Of course, this herd is protected, so they don’t have this challenge – a fact which may help to explain how the deer became more and more white over time.
Other Facts About the Seneca White Deer Herd
The fact the deer herd on the former Seneca Army Depot had become overwhelmingly white-coated was first noticed in the 1950s. That was when the United States Army decided to keep this deer herd intact and protected.
It was in 2000 that this property ceased being an army depot. It was transformed into Seneca White Deer, Inc., which is a conversation park devoted to the herd. The property also holds a Cold War Museum. Without question, the Seneca white deer herd preserve is a unique wildlife park with a fascinating heritage.
How is the Seneca White Deer Herd Doing Today?
The Seneca white deer herd is still thriving. However, the White Deer Tour program officially ended in 2019. The Seneca White Deer, Inc., organization and Hobart and William Smith Colleges’ Finger Lakes Institute have established a special scholarship fund in honor of the herd and its preservation.
This herd is found in New York State towns called Varick and Romulus. They’re in the Finger Lakes Region. The preserve spans an impressive 3,000 acres. Its deer herd is the largest herd of deer with visible leucism on the planet.
Are There Health Problems Associated with White-Coated Deer?
Remember that leucism is a recessive trait. Like many other such traits, it only becomes prevalent when there is inbreeding. And inbreeding, in turn, is linked to many potential health problems. That is why a deer with leucism is more likely to have certain health problems than a deer without this condition. Some problems commonly linked to leucism in animals include birth defects, such as a cleft palate and cross eyes.
Myths and Legends About White-Coated Deer
The recessive leucism gene exists in deer all over the world, so leucistic white deer do pop up in populations outside of the Seneca herd.
That is why we see the symbolism of white deer in myths and cultures around the globe.
For example, there are white-coated deer in Asian, European, and Native American stories. We see white deer treated as magical creatures in European mythology.
Are White Deer an Endangered Species?
No, white deer aren’t an endangered species of deer. They aren’t actually a species separate from regular deer. White deer are the same species as the other deer in your area, but they have either leucism or albinism.
Its preferred habitat is open savannas or grasslands in sub-Saharan areas. It hunts in these open areas, using its long legs to strike prey and stomp them to death. It is famous for eating snakes, but it also hunts insects and small mammals. They mate for life and one pair inhabits and defends a territory of up to 50km. Pairs lay eggs in a nest of their own making at the top of Acacia trees. They live 10-15 years in the wild and up to 19 in captivity. They are classed as endangered, with their numbers rapidly decreasing due to habitat loss.
Interesting Secretary Bird Facts
No one is quite sure where it got its name.
There are a few different theories, including that it was named by Dutch Settlers because of its resemblance to 19th Century Lawyers’ Secretaries. Another theory suggests that the name is a corruption of an originally Arabic word, meaning “hunter bird”.
Its scientific name means “the archer of snakes”.
This is because secretary birds love to hunt snakes. They use their large wingspan to distract the snake, while their scaley legs prevent snake bites.
They rarely fly.
They move around on foot most of the time, only taking to the air to reach their nests or for courtship displays.
They have a wingspan of 2m.
This is huge! They use their wings while hunting to distract their prey, and also during mating rituals.
They are one of just two birds of prey that hunt on the ground.
The only other birds that hunt on the ground are caracaras.
Secretary birds have one of the strongest (and fastest) kicks in the animal kingdom.
They can kick with a force 5-6 times their body weight. It happens fast too, in 15 milliseconds the foot can go from still to making contact.
They have been seen hunting juvenile big cat.
They’ve been spotted using their stomping hunting technique to kill juvenile cheetahs, and also baby gazelles.
They hunt in pair.
Monogamous pairs, and sometimes familiar groups, will hunt together.
Secretary birds mate for life.
Once paired up, they will stay together for life. They even use the same nest year after year.
They have elaborate mating display.
Even though they mate for life, they still perform their elaborate mating displays. They will perform “pendulum flights”, swooping up and down again. And on the ground, they dance together.
Secretary birds have large territories.
Pairs of secretary birds will inhabit, and defend, areas of up to 50 km2. However, many can be spotted together around important resources, such as watering holes.
They make their nests on the top of thorny trees.
This is almost always in an acacia tree. The nests are large, platform-like and often softened with grass and dung.
They lay 2-3 blue-green eggs.
These eggs are a few inches long and hatch after 45 days of incubation.
Sadly, the secretary bird is endangered.
This is because their grassland habitats are cleared and used for cattle.
On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York explodes in midair over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members aboard, as well as 11 Lockerbie residents on the ground. A bomb hidden inside an audio cassette player detonated in the cargo area when the plane was at an altitude of 31,000 feet. The disaster, which became the subject of Britain’s largest criminal investigation, was believed to be an attack against the United States. One hundred eighty-nine of the victims were American.
Islamic terrorists were accused of planting the bomb on the plane while it was at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany. Authorities suspected the attack was in retaliation for either the 1986 U.S. air strikes against Libya, in which leader Muammar al-Qaddafi’s young daughter was killed along with dozens of other people, or a 1988 incident, in which the U.S. mistakenly shot down an Iran Air commercial flight over the Persian Gulf, killing 290 people.
Sixteen days before the explosion over Lockerbie, the U.S. embassy in Helsinki, Finland, received a call warning that a bomb would be placed on a Pan Am flight out of Frankfurt. There is controversy over how seriously the U.S. took the threat and whether travelers should have been alerted, but officials later said that the connection between the call and the bomb was coincidental.
In 1991, following a joint investigation by the British authorities and the F.B.I., Libyan intelligence agents Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah were indicted for murder; however, Libya refused to hand over the suspects to the U.S. Finally, in 1999, in an effort to ease United Nations sanctions against his country, Qaddafi agreed to turn over the two men to Scotland for trial in the Netherlands using Scottish law and prosecutors. In early 2001, al-Megrahi was convicted and sentenced to life in prison and Fhimah was acquitted. Over the U.S. government’s objections, Al-Megrahi was freed and returned to Libya in August 2009 after doctors determined that he had only months to live. In December 2020, reports surfaced that the U.S. Justice Department would unseal criminal charges against another suspect in the bombing, Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud.
In 2003, Libya accepted responsibility for the bombing, but didn’t express remorse. The U.N. and U.S. lifted sanctions against Libya and Libya agreed to pay each victim’s family approximately $8 million in restitution. In 2004, Libya’s prime minister said that the deal was the “price for peace,” implying that his country only took responsibility to get the sanctions lifted, a statement that infuriated the victims’ families. Pan Am Airlines, which went bankrupt three years after the bombing, sued Libya and later received a $30 million settlement.
In December 2022, the U.S. Justice Department announced Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud was arrested by the FBI for his suspected role in the bombing.
Turquoise is a popular gemstone that has long been prized in many cultures. It’s said to bring luck, peace, and protection, and it’s also one of the birthstones associated with December.
Turquoise stones have many meanings that go above and beyond the beauty of the blue color they provide.
What Is Turquoise?
Turquoise is an opaque stone that ranges from blue to green in color. The most valuable turquoise stones generally have a more smooth, solid color, while many stones have brown veins throughout. It has a calming, soothing, protective energy that can be beneficial for various feng shui applications. The word turquoise comes from a French word meaning “Turkish,” likely because the stone was introduced to Medieval Europe by Turkish sources. Turquoise has a Mohs scale ranking of 5 to 6, which means it has a fair to good hardness rating.
Properties of Turquoise
There is not one rare or best turquoise stone. But there are many rare types of turquoise with unusual colors. There are rare specimens of turquoise with blue-violet colorations and highly valuable transparent or translucent turquoise crystals that come from Virginia, for example.
Here are more common properties of turquoise stones:
Color: Blue, green
Chakra: Throat, third eye
Number: Vibrates to 1
Planet: Jupiter, Venus, Neptune
Zodiac: Scorpio, Sagittarius, Pisces, Rabbit
Bagua areas: Zhen, Qian
Elements: Wood, metal
Origin: Afghanistan, Arabian Peninsula, China, Egypt, France, Iran, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Russia, Tibet, United States
Spiritual Meaning of Turquoise
What does turquoise mean spiritually? The stone has a calming, grounding energy that makes it a great stone for when you are feeling overwhelmed, or to aid in meditation. It is said to connect heaven and earth and help you connect to the spiritual world. Turquoise can strengthen your connection to intuition, and it is also helpful for protection and purification.
Put on your thinking caps! It’s time for Tuesday Trivia: ChristmasVersion!
Question: Which popular Christmas beverage is also called “milk punch?” Answer: Eggnog
Question: What did the other reindeer not let Rudolph do because of his shiny red nose? Answer: Join in any reindeer games
Question: How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol? Answer: Four
Question: Where was baby Jesus born? Answer: In Bethlehem
Question: The movie Miracle on 34th Street is based on a real-life department store. What is it? Answer: Macy’s
Question: What are the two other most popular names for Santa Claus? Answer: Kris Kringle and Saint Nick
Question: Elvis isn’t going to have a white Christmas he’s going to have a…. Answer: Blue Christmas
Question: What do people traditionally put on top of a Christmas tree? Answer: An angel
Question: In Home Alone, where are the McCallisters going on vacation when they leave Kevin behind? Answer: Paris
Question: In the classic Christmas movie, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch was described with three words. What are they? Answer: Stink, stank, stunk
Question: In which modern-day country was St. Nicholas born in? Answer: Turkey (originally Patara, a city in the ancient district of Lycia, in Asia Minor)
Question: In the movie It’s A Wonderful Life, what happened every time a bell rang? Answer: An angel got his wings
Question: What words follow “Silent Night” in the song? Answer: Holy night
Question: Which Hollywood actor played six different roles in The Polar Express? Answer: Tom Hanks
Question: In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, what was the first name of Scrooge? Answer: Ebenezer
Question: Which country did eggnog come from? Answer: England
Question: Which real-life person is Santa Claus based on? Answer: The Christian bishop St. Nicholas
Question: What did Frosty The Snowman do when a magic hat was placed on his head? Answer: He began to dance around
Question: What is Ralphie’s little brother’s name in the movie A Christmas Story? Answer: Randy
Question: Which Christmas song contains the lyric “Everyone dancing merrily in the new old-fashioned way?” Answer: “Rocking Around The Christmas Tree”
Question: What are you supposed to do when you find yourself under the mistletoe? Answer: Kiss
Question: Which one of Santa’s reindeer has the same name as another holiday mascot? Answer: Cupid
Question: Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree? Answer: Germany
Question: In the song “Winter Wonderland,” what do we call the snowman? Answer: Parson Brown
Question: In the movie Elf, what was the first rule of The Code of Elves? Answer: Treat every day like Christmas
Question: What’s the name of the main villain in The Nightmare Before Christmas? Answer: Oogie Boogie
Question: According to the song, what did my true love give to me on the eighth day of Christmas? Answer: Eight maids a milking
Question: What was the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time? Answer: Home Alone
Question: Whose eyes are all aglow in “The Christmas Song?” Answer: Tiny tots
Question: What was the real name of the character Tim Allen plays in The Santa Clause? Answer: Scott Calvin
Question: How many gifts in total were given in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” song? Answer: 364
Question: Which fairy tale was the first gingerbread houses inspired by? Answer: Hansel and Gretel
Question: In the movie A Christmas Story, what was the name of the neighbors whose dog ate the Christmas turkey? Answer: The Bumpuses
Question: How do you say “Merry Christmas” in Spanish? Answer: Feliz Navidad
Question: Where did the word and idea “Christmukkah” come from? Answer: The O.C.
Question: What is the name of the last ghost that visits Scrooge in A Christmas Carol? Answer: The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come
Question: Visions of which food danced in children’s heads as they slept in the poem “‘Twas The Night Before Christmas?” Answer: Sugar plums
Question: What gift did the Little Drummer Boy give to the newborn Christ? Answer: He played a song for him on his drums
Question: What is the best-selling Christmas song ever? Answer: “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby
Question: Who wrote, “Christmas doesn’t come from a store, maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more?” Answer: Dr. Seuss
Question: Three of Santa’s reindeer’s names begin with the letter “D.” What are those names? Answer: Dancer, Dasher, and Donner
Question: What was Frosty the Snowman’s nose made out? Answer: A button
Question: What is the name of George Bailey’s guardian angel in It’s A Wonderful Life? Answer: Clarence Odbody
Question: In the 1964 movie Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, what was the name of Rudolph’s elf friend? Answer: Hermey
Question: What popular Christmas song was actually written for Thanksgiving? Answer: “Jingle Bells”
Question: What was the first company that used Santa Claus in advertising? Answer: Coca-Cola
Question: In “The Christmas Song,” who did the narrator see kissing Santa Claus under the mistletoe? Answer: Mommy
Question: In the movie Elf, how does Buddy get to the North Pole? Answer: He hides in Santa’s sack
Question: Where did there arise such a clatter? Answer: On the lawn
Question: What are Christmas trees also called? Answer: Yule-Tree
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