Read the following passage and answer the following questions based on it.
I came home from one vacation to find that my brother Ron had brought a dog while I was away. A big burly, choleric dog, he always acted as if he thought I wasn't one of the family, There was a slight advantage in being one of the family. For he didn't bite the family as often as he bit strangers. Mother used to send a box of candy every Christmas to the people he bit. The list finally contained forty or more names. Nobody could understand why we didn't get rid of the dog!
The Christmas list contained more than forty names. What does this suggest?

Options

A. A) The writer's mother had a lot of friends
B. B) The writer's family celebrated Christmas well
C. C) The writer's dog had bitten at least forty people
D. D) The writer's mother sent them candy boxes