The Quiz:
1. Do you celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah?
2. Do you ever decorate your house for Christmas/Hanukkah?
3. Do you ever bake for Christmas/Hanukkah?
4. Have you ever peeked while someone wrapped your presents?
5. Have you ever shook your presents before?
6. Have you ever known what your present was before unwrapping it?
7. When did you stop believing in Santa?
8. If you have pets, do you dress them up?
9. If you have pets, do you give them their own stockings?
10. Do you have a stocking?
11. If so, what does it look like?
12. When you were in school, did you ever give your teachers gifts? (Answer if you are in school now)
13. Do you like fruitcake?
14. Do you sing carols?
15. What is the first Christmas song you think of when you think of Christmas?
16. What is your favorite Christmas/Hanukkah movie?
17. Do you do anything fun on Christmas?
18. Do you remember what you got for Christmas last year?
19. What day do you open presents?
20. In what century was St. Nicholas first mentioned?
21. What is the name of Tiny Tim's father in the story, 'A Christmas Carol'?
22. What country did 'Good King Wenceslas' rule?
23. Who was the first English monarch to have a Christmas tree?
24. When is the Feast of St. Nicholas?
25. True or False: There was a church built for St. Nicholas?
26. In what year did a shipload of Italian sailors rescue the bones of St. Nicholas?
27. What did Frosty the Snowman have for a nose?
28. In 1821 a poem was published that mentioned Santa Claus for the first time, What was the name of the poem?
29. When is the 'Feast of Stephen'?
30. According to legend, what did Santa have arranged back in 1901
31. What is the name of the character that Tim Allen plays in the movie 'The Santa Clause'?
32. How many sides does a snowflake have?
33. In the Netherlands (Holland), Santa Claus is known as Sinterklaas. How does he deliver candy and gifts to the children there?
34. What drink was adapted to become the American Christmas drink 'Egg Nog'?
35. What had the greatest impact on the popularity of the Christmas greeting card?
36. Clement C. Moore wrote a very famous Christmas poem. What was it called?
37. In Vivian Walsh's children's book 'Olive, the Other Reindeer," what is Olive?
38. How many reindeer does Santa Have?
39. Name all the reindeer.
40. In the book, 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas', the Grinch is caught in the act of stealing a Christmas tree.
Who is this Who who does this?
41. What is the most popular holiday plant decoration in the United States?
42. How do you say 'Merry Christmas' in Brazil?
43. When were electric Christmas lights first used?
44. In the claymation Christmas special 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town', who was the narrator?
45. The carol 'Silent Night' was first played on what instrument?
46. In the movie 'Home Alone', Macaulay Culkin plays a boy who is accidentally left alone at Christmas. What is the name of this character?
47. In the movie 'Home Alone', Macaulay Culkin plays a boy who is accidentally left alone at Christmas. What is the name of this character?
48. In the ballet 'The Nutcracker', who does Clara help the Nutcracker to defeat?
49. In the cartoon 'A Charlie Brown Christmas', who is the director of the Christmas play?
50. How many ghosts visited Scrooge?
51. What is Forcemeat?
52. In its a Wonderful Life, what is the name of George Bailey's Guardian Angel?
53. Does Rudolph have antlers?
54. What Christmas song includes Glory to the newborn king?
55. Name 3 items contained in Egg Nog.
56. On Christmas eve what snack is placed out for Santa?
57. In the polar express movie what was chosen as the first Christmas gift?
58. What items are generally put in Christmas stockings?
59. Who first conceived the idea of a Christmas tree?
60. What were the first tree ornaments?
61. In the early 1900's what was so expensive that it was rented?
62. Name the 4 ghosts In the movie A Christmas Carol.
63. Is Deck the Halls a true Christmas carol?
64. Was Jingle Bells originally made for Christmas?
65. Which country does the Christmas song Silent Night originate from?
66. In the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" what is given on the tenth day?
67. Where does the tradition of kissing under mistletoe come from?
68. Have you ever been kissed under a mistletoe?
69. Where and when did the custom of having and decorating Christmas trees originate?
70. What reindeer's name begins with a V?
71. All I want for Christmas is my...?
72. How do you say Merry Christmas in Spanish?
73. What is Santa's real name?
74. What Christmas Ballet is the most famous of all?w many candels should go on an Advent wreath?
75. Who wrote the song "Here Comes Santa Claus"?
76. Who is Ebenezer?
77. What color is the Grinch?
78. Which president was the first to decorate the White House Christmas tree?
79. Which country did the gingerbread house come from?
80. In what year was "A Christmas Carol", by Charles Dickens, published?
81. Where was "A Christmas Carol" written?
82. Which reindeer helps Rudolph fly at the reindeer games?
83. What Christmas plant is "Viscum" used to label:
84. What is the name of Scrooge's dead business partner?
85. Who tried to steal Christmas from the "Whos of Whoville" in the 1966 cartoon based on the Dr. Seuss Story?
86. What Christmas food is made from "marsh-whorts"?
87. Which ocean is Christmas Island in?
88. Who wrote the poem, "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees"?
89. What is the capital of Christmas Island?
90. What year was the first commercial Christmas card made in?
91. What is the best selling Christmas song ever?
92. Brenda Lee was doing what around the Christmas tree?
93. Which reindeer is left out of the "Night Before Christmas" song?
94. Who decided the date for Christmas would be December 25th?
95. What do traditional Ukrainians put on their Christmas tree for good luck?
96. How many candels should go on an Advent wreath?
97. In the Ukraine, what does it mean if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas morning?
98. If you were given some frumenty at a Medieval Christmas party, what would you probably do with it?
99. What is the first line of the second verse of Angels from the Realms of Glory?
100. Which well-known author of fantasy fiction also created a book called The Father Christmas Letters?
101. The song White Christmas was first performed in which 1942 film?
102. In the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, '...my true love brought to me nine...' what?
103. Which Christmas carol includes the lyrics '...To save us all from Satan's power, when we were gone astray..'?
104. Which Christmas carol includes the lyrics '...To save us all from Satan's power, when we were gone astray..'?
105. What colour are the berries of the mistletoe plant?
106. What is New Year's Eve called in Scotland?
107. From which country does the poinsettia plant originate?
108. Who wrote Auld Lange Syne?
109. How many points does a snowflake have?
110. What is the name of the cake traditionally eaten in Italy at Christmas?
111. Where does Santa live?
112. Santa has a "Naughty and Nice" list. How many times does he check it?
113. Who makes the toys that Santa delivers?
114. The Grinch is as cuddly as a ______?
115. One foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say what?
116. Good tidings to you, and all of your what?
117. Why do I want my two front teeth for Christmas?
118. What did Frosty The Snowman do when they placed the magic hat on his head?
119. On the eleventh day of Christmas, what did my true love send to me?
120. I'm dreaming of a White Christmas with what?
121. What do Janice and Jen want for Christmas in the song It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas?
122. In The Polar Express movie, what word does the conductor punch into the ticket of "the young man with all the questions"?
123. What is the name of the rabbit in the magic hat in Frosty the Snowman?
124. How much did Lucy charge for a psyciatric session in the classic Christmas TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas?
125. What was "the most likely" reason that The Grinch hated Christmas?
126. Who narrated the original 1966 TV show How The Grinch Stole Christmas?
127. What was Dr. Seuss' real name?
128. In the Christmas Classic, It's A Wonderful Life, what happened every time a bell rang?
129. What did Frosty The Snowman have for a nose?
130. How many gifts would you receive if you received all of the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas"?
131. In the song "Winter Wonderland", who do we pretend the snowman is?
132. According to the song, "Frosty The Snowman" what kind of soul does Frosty have?
133. Which 1987 action/comedy opens to the music of "Jingle Bell Rock"
134. In which city was Kevin lost during Christmas in Home Alone 2?
135. Which Christmas item was invented by Tom Smith in 1847
136. Which English actor starred in "the Muppet Christmas carol"?
137. Whats the Christian penitential season from end of November to Christmas?
138. What famous comedian died at Christmas in 1977
139. Where was iOn Christmas day in 1950 what was stolen from Westminster Abbey?
140. Which King of England was crowned on Christmas day?
141. Which people first brought Christmas to the New World in colonial times?
142. What was the last UK Christmas No 1 of the 1970s?
143. What did the Killers demand that the man in red not do to them, back in 2007?
144. Who did the Carpenters wish a Merry Christmas to in 1970?
145. What did Donald Gardner want for Christmas?
146. Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz teamed up again for a festive TV spin-off of which film?
147. What are you eating if you are enjoying 'March Bread'?
148. What kind of water is added to high quality marzipan?
149. Which charity ceased in 1989 after 5 years in which time it raised 90 million pounds?
150. Which biblical town's name means 'house of bread' in Hebrew?
151. Which Christmas item was invented by Tom Smith in 1847?
152. If you were born on Christmas day, what would be your Zodiac sign?
153. British Children hang stockins up for Santa, what do Dutch children put out?
154. On this day in 1864 the traditional swim in the Serpentine first took place, in which park?
155. Born on Christmas Day 1918, which ex President of Egypt?
156. Born Christmas Day 1887 Nicholson Hilton, the founder of one of the worlds largest Hotel chains, what was his first name?
157. What horse won the 1964 Derby?
158. Who is Aladdins Mother?
159. On which night is it said that, Animals can speak and evil spirits loose their powers?
160. What bird did Queen Elizabeth I decree should be eaten as Christmas?
161. Which British colony surrendered to the Japanese on Christmas Day 1941?
162. What was the first thing that Scrooge purchased after his change of heart?
163. In which century was Christmas first celebrated ?
164. In December 1897, what did over a million women ask Queen Victoria to shut on Sundays, over the festive season?
165. What part of a candy cane represents the blood Christ shed?
167. Who probably was the first man to illuminate a Christmas tree with candles?
168. Who wrote the Bing Crosby hit White Christmas?
169. What did Dirty Den give Angie on Christmas Day, 1986?
170. In which celebrated film does James Stewart attempt suicide one Christmas?
171. Which record was both a UK Christmas Number 1 in 1975 and 1991?
172. Which carol mentions a 19th Century Duke of Bohemia?
173. The names of which two reindeer mean 'Thunder' and 'Lightning'?
174. Which 'Christmas' word means 'turning of the sun'?
175. Other than blue, which other colours are mentioned in the Elvis song 'Blue Christmas'?
176. Superstition dictates that when making mince pies for Christmas one should always stir in which direction?
177. On which three feast 'days' do Americans consume the most food ?
178. Who composed the music for the festive season ballet 'The Nutcracker' ?
179. What kind of animal delivers gifts at Christmas in Syria ?
180. Which two figures deliver gifts in Russia during the festive season?
181. In which European country do malicious creatures called Kallikantzaroi get up to mischief around Christmas?
182. Where was it always winter but never Christmas?
183. On Christmas day 1967, Paul McCartney announced his engagement to who?
184. Whose eyes were made of coal?
185. What does the nutcracker become after killing the Mouse King?
186. What do most elves wear on the tips of their shoes?
187. What two words are normally pre-printed on gift tags?
188. What was the first gift my true love sent on the sixth day of Christmas?
189. Name the three reindeer whose names begin with a "D".
190. Where was Mommy when she was kissing Santa Claus?
191. In Frosty the Snowman, who brought Frosty back to life?
192. What is the last ghost called in A Christmas Carol?
193. How many pipers piping did my true love give to me?
194. What is the name of the little girl in most versions of The Nutcracker?
195. What colour is the Grinch?
196. Name the reindeer whose name begins with a "B".
197. Where was I when I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus?
198. What is traditionally hidden in the Christmas pudding?
199. How many days are there on a traditional advent calendar?
200. How did Boxing Day get its name?
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