Santa Claus Quiz

Who is credited with introducing Santa's red coat, reindeer, and sleigh?

• Anonymous poet

• Rivington's Gazetteer

• Clement Clark Moore

• Washington Irvine

In which year did an anonymous illustrated poem introduce Santa's red coat, reindeer, and sleigh?

• 1821

• 1809

• 1773

• 1881

Who perfected the vision of Santa in his illustration 'Merry Old Santa Claus'?

• Clement Clark Moore

• Rivington's Gazetteer

• Washington Irvine

• Thomas Nast

According to Washington Irvine, how did Sinterklaas deliver presents?

• Walk through the front door

• Ride a reindeer

• Climb down chimneys

• Fly over the city in a wagon

Where did Thomas Nast introduce the idea of Santa's workshop and his base of operations at the North Pole?

• Rivington's Gazetteer

• New York Spectator

• Merry Old Santa Claus

• A Visit from St. Nicholas

Where did the idea of Santa Clause originally come from.

• The North Pole

• The Dutch colony in New York

• England

• Germany

What vehicle did Sinterklaas fly in?

• A sleigh

• An old jalopy (old car)

• On horseback

• A wagon

Who wrote the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas"?

• Clement Clark Moore

• Nast

• No one knows

• Henry Livingston Jr.