Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Using small candles for lighting the tree, he was the first person to be credited with decorating a fir tree for Christmas.

2)  In The Nutcracker story, who was the Nutcracker's enemy?

3)  The newly-reformed Scrooge invited Bob Cratchit to join him for some "smoking bishop." What was "smoking bishop"?

4)  What inspired the tradition of hanging Christmas stockings?

Answers:

1)  Martin Luther

2)  The King of the Mice

3)  a hot spiced drink

4)  St. Nicholas was said to have provided dowries for three impoverished sisters by dropping gold coins down their chimney and into the stockings they had hung up to dry.

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