What is a Kringle?

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One of Santa's many names is "Kris Kringle." But what is a "kringle?"

A) Norse word for "reindeer"

B) A Danish pastry

C) Scottish coins given as a gift

D) The sound of sugar plums being unwrapped

E) A 19th-Century Dutch sleigh

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