Swing (Feb-Dec 1951)

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by Marilyn WissmiHer Swing's first quiz this issue is based on past and present Christmas customs. Those such as plum pudding, carols and our Babe in the Manger began long, long ago. But there are modern customs, too, as you will see below. If you get nine right, excellent. As low as four — well, you just don't feel Christmasy inside! 1. The California State Flower personifies Christmas. Can you name it? 2. Plum pudding is especially identified with Christmas festivities in which country? 3. Can you name Clement Moore's Yuletide classic poem? 4. Swedish Christmas cookies are many times cut to resemble what important farm animal of that nation? 5. In a valley in the Austrian Alps, Franz Gruber and Father Mohr composed a famous Christmas carol. Can you name it? 6. In what European country will you have an abundant Christmas Eve dinner, but a meatless one? 7. This lady is called the "Grandmother of the Nation," and her primitive paintings are popular on Christmas cards. Who is she? 8. Which state has a town named Santa Glaus, from which each year people send cards and letters to be mailed at Christmas time? 9. What Mediterranean nation has an elaborate Christmas Eve dinner that keeps the wife busy for days beforehand? Preperations of eel are favorite dishes. 0. Lebkuchen and pfeffernuesse are Christmas favorites in Germany. What are they? i