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3. Washington decided to cross the Delaware on Christmas because:
(a) Hessian mercenaries had abandoned themselves to a rousing German festival and forgot to keep watch
(b) his troops were eager to get home for holiday celebrations
(c) the date was insignificant; it was merely a coincidence
4. The first state to grant legal recognition to Christmas was:
(a) Massachusetts
(b) Alabama
(c) New York
(d) none—Christmas is a religious holiday
5. The image of Santa Claus as a fullbodied, bearded bell-ringer comes from:
(a) Clement Moore’s poem, “The Night Before Christmas”
(b) Thomas Nast’s cartoons for Harper’s Weekly
(c) a costume designed by a Salvation Army volunteer
6. The origin of the word “Yule” probably comes from:
(a) a Germanic-Celtic November feast of the same name
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