Saturday, December 19, 2020

THE PUZZLE CORNER: DECEMBER 19, 2020

😎FUN FACT
Despite the pandemic, because of their Happy Meal prizes, McDonald’s is technically the world’s largest toy distributor.

NUMBER PLEASE
Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.
How many presents can Santa Claus🎅 put into an empty sack?

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you spell out of the letters in CHRISTMAS?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX🎁 and discover the results from the December 12, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
Thanks to Public Broadcasting, A Charlie Brown Christmas aired on December 13 to maintain its consecutive presentation streak since debuting in 1965. What THREE other holiday specials have aired EVERY YEAR since their premieres?
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer🦌 since 1964, Doctor Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas since 1966 and Frosty the Snowman since 1969.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇
What did A Charlie Brown Christmas do that no animated feature did before?
Used actual children to voice the characters instead of having adult actors do the voices.
Some also claim the special is responsible for ending the Aluminum Christmas Tree🎄 fad that existed in the early 1960s, but that’s never been confirmed.

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