CHRISTMAS CRYPTOGRAM PUZZLES: Solutions

CHRISTMAS PLANTS

Holly berries are poisonous. Contrary to common belief, poinsettia plants are not toxic. The poinsettia plant was first brought into the United States from Mexico by Joel Poinsett in the early nineteenth centruy.

CHRISTMAS MOVIES

"A Christmas Carol" was originally a book written by Charles Dickens in eighteen forty-three. He wrote it in just six weeks. "It's a Wonderful Life", starring Jimmy Stewart, appears on TV more often than any other holiday movie. It's a wonderful movie!

CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA

The first state to recognize the Christmas holiday officially was Alabama. Christmas became a national holiday in America on June twenty-sixth, eighteen seventy. The first president to decorate the white house Christmas tree in the United States was Franklin Pierce.