Little Bit of Christmas Trivia

He wants to know everything about everything, selling the genius of five years. It expects to have the answers now. After all, the figures, you're so old there is to know and all you need to know, right?

And you will be bored, this season, with questions about everything that goes and everything he sees and hears. You must have some obscure facts at hand, to dazzle and distract him, as you travel from mall to mall. You could also takeOff-Guard and ZING before he has the chance to challenge your intelligence.

For example, as he packs his umteenth not cotton candy of the season (not good for him, but keeps him busy most likely), you can beat him:

The Candy Cane was invented in the late 1600s, a German choirmaster, wanted to silence the Christmas period, children's services. Originally, these chocolate bars straight, but the choir directormade in the form of a shepherd's crook as a tribute to the season.

We all hear the music of Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" at Christmas, but the only section that most of us is called "Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy." So what a sugar plum, anyway? Now, in the 17th Century in England, the word "plum" was used to describe almost all the nuts, which served as a delicacy. addition of sugar made a very special gift for children, and because in rare cases, such asChristmas.

Speaking of plums, other traditional English Christmas dish in many places still serving plum pudding. Originally a soup with beef, mutton is done and prunes (or prune), but were later removed the meat and prunes, raisins are added, and was transformed into a cake. Today, plum pudding is really a form of a cake of raisins.

Another dish that Christmas is not as it seems, is minced meat pie. Again, it was originally a pie with ground beef andSpices. But over time the meat has been replaced with fruit. But the name stuck.

Your child does not know (yet) that the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" was originally written as a song to teach children to count. However, many of us have forgotten because there are twelve days until Christmas. This is a Christian tradition that the Magi to worship the baby Jesus, twelve days after his birth was the first "expert" recognition of the Messiah.

While we're on the subject, yourSon wants to know at some point, just what are diapers and why the child Jesus was wrapped in them. Since most of the time the ancient cultures have some form of napkins or pieces of cloth to wrap the babies in order to restrict traffic and keep them warm, use a roadmap to the conditions of the uterus, to keep baby comfortable . Today, replaced the covers and flannel receiving strips of cloth.

You are on a roll, now walk this Christmas treateasy as driving to the nearest store to continue shopping. Your son is in the back seat, quietly surprised your knowledge of all things. He looks in the mirror to capture the admiration on his face, and

He's asleep. But he must have dozed off, totally impressed. You almost want to be waking up is much more. And you all know.