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    Christmas and Santa Claus
    History Trivia Questions

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    So you think you know all about
    Santa, Saint Nicholas and Christmas?
    Then play the Christmas History trivia game!

    Try this Yuletide Trivia Quiz to see how many questions you answer correctly!
    Instructions:  Read the questions, click on the answers and then on "Display Score" to see how you did.  click Show Answers to see the correct answer and comments.  Then click on New Questions! to start a new Quiz with new questions!

    1.  Who first wrote about Rudolph the red-nose reindeer?


    2.  Santa owes a lot of his current traditions & habits to old Norse gods.  What were the names of the goats that carried Odin's chariot through the sky?



    3.  Which of the following mythological characters is not generally considered as having provided a basis for the modern Santa Claus?


    4.  Which of these is not another one of Santa's names?


    5.  When were electric Christmas lights invented?




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