Christmas Carols
1. In the Twelve Days of Christmas, what gift is given on the fifth day?
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2. Tidings of comfort and joy are brought with which carol?
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3. Which beloved carol is also known by its French name, Minuit Chrétien’s?
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4. Come and behold him, born the King of…
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5. Which famous composer wrote the tune of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing?
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Christmas Films
1. Which comedy stalwart wrote and directed the perennial Christmas favourite, Love Actually?
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2. In the first film of the series, where are Kevin McCallister’s family travelling to for Christmas when they mistakenly leave him Home Alone?
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3. “Light the lamp, not the rat!” is a line from which popular Christmas film?
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4. In It’s a Wonderful Life, what sound means that an angel has earned their wings?
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5. In Die Hard – which is most definitely a Christmas film – what is the name of main protagonist John McClane’s wife?
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The History of Christmas
1. Which Roman winter festival, which included customs such as feasting and gift-giving, is often said to have inspired traditional Christmas celebrations?
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2. In 1800, where was the first known Christmas Tree in the UK located?
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3. Which author’s 1843 story is credited with revitalising the traditions of Christmas in the Victorian era?
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4. What Christmas celebration favourite was invented by London-based confectioner Tom Smith in 1847?
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5. Which UK Monarch delivered the first ever Christmas broadcast in 1932?
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Christmas Hits
1. Sinatra was swinging, all the drunks they were singing
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2. You’re here where you should be. Snow is falling as the carollers sing
3. Take care in all you do next year. And keep smiling through the days
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4. Once again, as in olden days, happy golden days of yore.
5. Now I know what a fool I’ve been. But if you kissed me now, I know you’d fool me again.
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Christmas Tales
1. Complete the next line of the classic Christmas poem ‘A visit from St. Nicolas’ Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house…
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2. The “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” is a dance in which Christmas Ballet?
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3. Which word, associated with Christmas comes from a Greek word meaning ‘we can act anything’?
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4. In A Christmas Carol, what type of business does Ebeneezer Scrooge own?
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5. Wishee-Washee and Widow Twankee are the family of which Panto title character?
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Christmas Characters
1. Santa has 9 reindeer. Which reindeer is missing from the list? Rudolph, Blitzen, Cupid, Prancer, Comet, Donner, Vixen and Dancer
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2. Who is known in Germany as Der Weihnachtsmann?
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3. What is thought to have brought Frosty the Snowman to life?
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4. According to European legend, the Krampus, is thought to be half demon and half which animal?
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5. What happens to the Grinch when he discovers the true meaning of Christmas?
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Christmas Food
1. Which spirit is traditionally poured on top of a Christmas pudding and then lit?
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2. What are the four traditional spices used to make mulled wine?
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3. A pomander is a traditional Christmas decoration made by skewering an orange with what spice?
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4. There is some debate about whether this food item belongs on a traditional Christmas dinner, flour, eggs and milk are whisked together to make what roast dinner staple?
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5. Brussell sprouts are usually blamed for any festive flatulence that you might experience after Christmas dinner, but what about sprouts causes this flatulating phenomena?
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Global Christmas
1. Whilst we tuck into our turkey dinner with all the trimmings in the UK, a very unconventional festive meal of finger licken’ fried chicken at KFC is a holiday tradition in which country?
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2. If you are ever in Romania over the Christmas holidays, you might be surprised to witness men dressed as which animal on Christmas Eve?
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3. Each night before Christmas, Icelandic children place their shoes by the window and are visited by the 13 Yule Lads. The shoes of well-behaved children are filled with sweets and chocolates, but what do badly behaved children receive?
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4. Las Posadas, a religious march that re-enacts the journey of Mary and Joseph marks the start of the festive season in which North-American country?
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5. While we count down to the 25th of December every advent, the Coptic Christians in Egypt and Ethiopia who follow the Julian calendar don’t celebrate Christmas day until when?
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Christmas Gifts
1. People in which country exchange books on Christmas Eve?
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2. In which country did the tradition of Christmas Cards begin?
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3. In the 2008 Gavin & Stacey Christmas special, what is it that Nessa gives to everyone?
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4. Which figure from Christian tradition is most directly connected to the idea of giving gifts?
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5. Which country is credited which popularising the Christmas tree as a place to set gifts?
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First Christmas
1. Where did Mary put the baby Jesus to rest?
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2. What led the Wise Men to the place where Jesus was?
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3. Where did Jesus’ family flee to from Bethlehem
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4. What is myrrh?
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5. Who tried to kill Jesus after hearing about this birth?
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Christmas TV
1. Which UK comedy legend played Queen Victoria in Blackadder’s Christmas Carol?
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2. In Eastenders, what was Den’s shocking Christmas ‘gift’ to Angie in 1986?
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3. In 1971, to which famous conductor did Eric Morecambe explain that he was “playing all the right notes…but not necessarily in the right order”?
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4. Which famous singer and actress played plucky waitress Astrid Peth in the 2007 Dr Who Christmas special, Voyage of the Damned?
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5. Which former Byker Grove star became the first celebrity champion of the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special, in 2004?
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Christmas Animals
1. What is another name for a reindeer?
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2. Which bird mentioned in the song “12 days of Christmas” gets its name from its gentle purring like call?
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3. What colour is a polar bear’s skin?
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4. What is the name given to a group of penguins in the water?
5. In Victorian times, which profession of workers were nicknamed robins, due to their red uniforms.
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