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of all, who wrote the famous "'twas the night before christmas poem" was it charles dickens, edgar allan poerk moore. the correct answer is b, clemente clark moore. >> one point for anna. >> here's the next question. the wise men gave the baby jesus -- kelly, you can't answer this one -- gold, myrrh and what else? was it frankincense, diamonds or a tree? correct answer of course is frankincense. >> give us a hard one. >> in the song winter wonderland, what kind of bird has gone away? was it a jailbird, a blackbird or a blue bird. >> it's not a jailbird. >> it's a blue bird. >> kelly sang that line from the song. ♪ gone away is the blue bird ♪ >> why was the grinch so mean? a, his heart was two sizes to small. b, his brain was two sizes too small. c, his shoes were too tight. the correct answer is a, his heart was two sizes too small. >> you thought his shoes were too tight? kelly! we actually had the grinch on the "fox & friends" christmas special that is going to air again today at 2:00. >> which popular christmas movie is based on the gene shepherd book "in god we trust: all others pay cas