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Put your knowledge to the test with a quiz on classic Christmas songs, from the origins of "Jingle Bells" to iconic ...

We hear them from one Yuletide after another, the sounds of the season we’ve known and loved for decades. Just how much do ...

Answer: C. Inventor Reginald Fessenden played the song on his violin on a Christmas Eve radio broadcast from Brant Rock, Mass., in 1906. A passage from the Book of Luke was also read. Ship operators ...

1. Name the four stations listed on the “Monopoly” board (standard London edition), and the six characters in the traditional ...

1: D. When “Jingle Bells” was first published in September 1857, it was originally considered a drinking song. Yuletide revelers would clink their drinking glasses to mimic sleighbells. Its lyrics ...

Can one good man, flamboyantly dressed, belly like Everest, fond of talking to Donner and Blitzen, sprinkle a little magic ...

Find out how closely you’ve been paying attention to the latest news and other global events by putting your knowledge to the ...

How many of these eight Christmas-themed questions — with subjects ranging from the NBA to the Olympics — can you get right?

Following a recent screening of the iconic holiday movie at the Academy Museum in honor of the film's 35th anniversary, the ...

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