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What does the word Kwanzaa mean?

A) is correct. Kwanzaa is derived from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, which means first fruits. The holiday is based on African harvest celebrations.

How many houses does Santa visit each year?

A) is correct. There are 2,106,000,000 children under age 18 in the world. At an average of 2.5 children per household, Santa would have to make 842,000,000 stops on Christmas Eve, traveling 221,000,000 miles.

Who tracks Santa's flight on Christmas Eve?

B) is correct. Every year on Christmas Eve, volunteer staff is available at NORAD to take calls about Santa's whereabouts. The tradition started in 1955 as the result of a wrongly listed phone number.

When do reindeer shed their antlers?

D) is correct. Male reindeer shed their antlers at the end of the mating season in early December. Females, however, keep their thinner antlers throughout the winter.

What's the pattern of a haiku?

C) is correct. A traditional Japanese haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count.

What does 'Bah humbug!' mean?

A) is correct. Humbug has multiple meanings. A humbug is someone or something that tricks or deceives and a type of British candy. In Ebenezer Scrooge's interjection, "Bah humbug!" the word simply means "nonsense".

What is Santa called in England?

D) is correct. In England, Santa Claus is called Father Christmas. He is usually dressed in a long green or red robe trimmed with white fur.

Who wrote the original Nutcracker story?

A) is correct. E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" was written in 1816. In 1892, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Marius Petipa, and Lev Ivanov turned Alexandre Dumas' adaptation of the story into a ballet.

How tall is Chewbacca?

B) is correct. Chewbacca is 7 feet, 3 inches tall. He was played by British actor Peter Mayhew, who was chosen for his height.

What was the 27th letter of the English alphabet?

C) is correct. The English alphabet used to have 27 letters, including the symbol for and, now known as the ampersand.