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A Quiz on Hannukah and Christmas in U.S. History
December 24, 2020
</p> <section> <h2> <h2>A Quiz on Hannukah and Christmas in U.S. History</h2> </h2> <p><em>By Sarah A. Morgan Smith</em></p> <p><em></em></p> <p>Although it will undoubtedly be different this year, the majority of people in the United States will celebrate Hannukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, from December 10 through 18 or Christmas, commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, on December 25.</p> <p> </p> <p>The quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center, provides an opportunity for you to test your knowledge of the holidays’ traditions and history in America.</p> <p><em> </em></p> <p><em>Sarah A. Morgan Smith, Ph.D. is director of faculty for the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio.</em></p> </section> <section> <h2> <h2>In what year was Christmas declared a federal holiday?</h2> </h2> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>Which U.S. President said, “It is the day when we remind ourselves that man can and must live in peace with his neighbors and that it is the peacemakers who are truly blessed” in his annual Christmas message?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>Which U.S. President had a Christmas Tree farm on his property?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>Which President first lit the National Menorah at the Ellipse across from the White House?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>The Governor of which state said in a Proclamation that “The message of Chanukah resonates powerfully with the fundamental principles of American life because this nation was founded on the principles of hope and religious freedom”?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>According to Jewish Studies Professor Tatjana Lichtenstein, by the 1950s 40 percent of Jewish households in which U.S. city had Christmas trees?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>According to the book “Hannukah in America: A History,” two rabbis from which city are responsible for popularizing Hannukah in our country?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>What is Santa Claus called in Hawaii?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3>Thomas Nast, the preeminent political cartoonist of the nineteenth century, popularized our modern vision of Santa Claus in the holiday illustrations he drew for which publication?</p> <h2><strong></strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>The United States Postal Service released its first Hannukah stamp in what year?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h2></h2> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2> </h2> </h3> </section> <p> </p> <p>
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