Christmas in July Wits and Wagers

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elusis just filled out the Christmas Wits and Wagers game from January, which reminded me that I never posted results. So here goes. The answers are under a cut, so that you can go back and retest yourself if you want.

In the song "Feliz Navidad," how many times does Jose Feliciano say "Feliz Navidad"? 21

Closest guess: 15 times [3:1]
lorelei: 6
elusis: 6

According to the free edition available online from Project Gutenberg, how many words are in the main text of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, from "Marley was dead: to begin with" to "God bless us, every one"? 28480

Closest guess: 10,015 words [3:1]
lorelei: 3
rikchik: 3
cofax7: 6
ertchin: 6
brigid: 6
cnoocy: 6

Across both their entire twelve-game seasons, how many points did the USC and UCLA football teams score combined? 576 (320 USC, 256 UCLA)

Closest Guess: 540 points [2:1]
elusis: 2

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, in what year was the first Nativity creche made? 1223 (By St. Francis of Assisi for an outdoor Mass)

Closest Guess: 1060 A.D. [4:1]
rikchik: 8

According to the Shulchan Aruch, a codification of Jewish law, what is the maximum height for the lights of a menorah, in cubits? 20 cubits (30 feet, 360 inches, 9.144 meters)

Closest Guess: 8 cubits [4:1]
cnoocy: 8

In a Gallup poll conducted between December 11 and 13, what was the average amount that American adults predicted they would spend on Christmas gifts in 2009? $743

Closest Guess: $250 [3:1]
lorelei: 6

What was the total precipitation in downtown Los Angeles, from January 1 through December 25 2009, measured in inches? 9.23 inches

Closest Guess: 7 inches [3:1]
cofax7: 6
ertchin: 3

According to the U.S. Naval Observatory, how did daytime last in Anchorage, Alaska on December 21, from sunrise to sunset? (5 hrs 27 minutes (10:14 a.m. to 3:41 p.m.)

Closest Guess: 3 hours [3:1]
cnoocy: 6
elusis: 6

According to a poll conducted in Canada, what was Santa Claus's approval rating in December 2008? 72%

Closest Guess: 70% [3:1]
lorelei: 3
rikchik: 6
cofax7: 6

According to Walt Disney Studios, how many "fully animated Disney features" have been made from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves to The Princess and the Frog? 49

Closest Guess: 40 fully animated Disney features [3:1]
lorelei: 6
ertchin: 6
elusis: 6

And the grand totals:
lorelei: 24
cnoocy: 20
elusis: 20
cofax7: 18
rikchik: 17
ertchin: 15
brigid: 6
iseryn: 0

Congratulations to lorelei, who won the game on the journal, though nobody beat my family's score of 28 points.