Christmas Quiz

1. What was the original colour of Santa Claus’s suit?

2. What address does the Royal Mail provide for Santa Claus?

3. What is a Smoking Bishop?

4. What is the poem title by Christina Rossetti that became a Christmas carol?

5. On Boxing Day 1991, what was dissolved?

6. Who wrote the first royal Christmas message, delivered by George V in 1932?

7. According to traditions when should Christmas decorations be taken down?

8. What special event happened in the WWI trenches on Christmas Day 1914?

9. What special event happened on Christmas Day 1066?

10. How many tips to a snowflake?

11. Which saint is celebrated on 26th of December?

12. Which Christmas song in 1962 was written to call for peace regarding the Cuban Missile crisis?

13. What does Santa put in a stocking for a naughty child?

14. What country does panettone come from?

15. What is traditionally used to decorate and flavour a ham joint?

16. What are pigs in blankets called in Scotland?

17. Where were the first Christmas cards made?

18. Christmas pudding used to contain meat. True or false?

19. Spell the red and green Christmas flower that begins with P. 

20. What does a lit candle in a window represent?

21. What are used to deck the halls in the Xmas carol?

22. What are the 4 Sundays called in preparation for Xmas Day?

23. What country do turkeys originate from?

24. What was the profession of Christmas Humphreys?

25. What pantomime does Buttons appear in?

26. Which of Santa‘s reindeers has the same name as a female fox?

27. What traditional nut is roasted at Christmas?

28. Spell the yellow sweet almond paste that covers a Christmas cake.

29. What sauce is served with Christmas pudding?

30. What snacks are left out for Santa?

31. What three gifts were given to Jesus? 

32. What are the traditional names of the 3 Magi?

33. How many ghosts are there in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol? 

34. If you are born on 25th December, what astrology sun sign do you have? 

35. What decoration do elves have on their shoes? 

36. When do the 12 days of Christmas start? 

Answers: 

1. Green; 2. Santa’s Grotto, Reindeerland, XM4 5HQ; 3. A Victorian mulled wine; 4. In the Bleak Midwinter; 5. The Soviet Union; 6. Rudyard Kipling; 7. 5th January; 8. Both sides played football and exchanged gifts; 9. The coronation of William the Conqueror; 10. six; 11. St Stephen; 12. Bing Crosby’s Do You Hear What I Hear?; 13. A piece of coal; 14. Italy; 15. Cloves; 16. Kilted Soldiers; 17. In the UK. 18. True. 19. Poinsettia; 20. A visit from deceased friends. 21. Boughs of holly; 22. Advent; 23. North America; 24. A judge; 25. Cinderella; 26. Vixen; 27. Chestnuts; 28. Marzipan; 29. Butter mixed with brandy; 30. Mince pies; 31. Gold, frankincense and myrrh; 32. Melchior, Balthazar, and Caspar. 33. Four, Jacob Marley, Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come; 34. Capricorn; 35. Bells; 36. Midnight on Christmas Eve.