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All 89 christmas trivia questions and answers

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Christmas history and origins

Where the date and the name come from, what two of the Gospels say about the first Christmas, and when the holiday became official. 11 questions.

  1. In the Gospel of Luke, which group, keeping watch over their flocks at night, is told of the birth by an angel?Answer: Shepherds. In Luke chapter 2, an angel appears to shepherds who were living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock, and they go to find the infant.
  2. In the Gospel of Matthew, the magi offer the child gifts of gold, frankincense, and what?Answer: Myrrh. Matthew chapter 2 says the magi from the east found the child with Mary and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
  3. Which Christmas story by Charles Dickens begins with the line "Marley was dead, to begin with"?Answer: A Christmas Carol. A Christmas Carol was first published on December 19, and its first edition sold out by Christmas Eve.
  4. The "mas" in the word Christmas comes from the name of which church service?Answer: The Mass. Christmas comes from the Old English Cristes maesse, meaning Mass of Christ, a form first found in 1038.
  5. A famous 1848 engraving of a Christmas tree at Windsor Castle, published in the Illustrated London News, showed which royal couple with their family?Answer: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Newcastle University Special Collections says the 1848 engraving showed the royal family around a tree at Windsor Castle and helped spread the tree fashion to the rest of society.
  6. The figure behind Santa Claus was made bishop of which ancient town?Answer: Myra. The St. Nicholas Center says Nicholas was made Bishop of Myra while still a young man, and that the story of Santa Claus begins with him.
  7. According to the Library of Congress, in which year did Congress declare the first public holidays, including Christmas, for the District of Columbia?Answer: 1870. The Law Library of Congress says that in 1870 Congress declared New Year's Day, Independence Day, Christmas, and Thanksgiving holidays in the District of Columbia.
  8. According to the Victoria and Albert Museum, in what year did its founding director, Henry Cole, send the first Christmas card?Answer: 1843. The V&A says Cole had a thousand copies of the card printed.
  9. Under the 1659 law of the Massachusetts Bay Colony against observing Christmas, how large was the fine?Answer: Five shillings. The 1659 law fined anyone observing Christmas five shillings, though historian Stephen Nissenbaum found no recorded prosecutions, and the colony repealed it in 1681.
  10. The earliest surviving reference to December 25 as Jesus' birthday appears in a Roman calendar of the fourth century. By what title is it known?Answer: Chronography of 354. National Geographic says the earliest surviving reference to December 25 as Jesus' birthday is in the Chronography of 354, which reads "Natus Christus in Betleem Iudeae" (Christ was born in Bethlehem of Judea).
  11. In 1647, which English Parliament passed "An Ordinance for Abolishing of Festivals," which ended the observance of Christmas?Answer: The Long Parliament. The Library of Congress says the Long Parliament passed the ordinance on June 8, 1647, and Christmas could be celebrated again only after the monarchy was restored in 1660.

Traditions and symbols

Trees, cards, wreaths and crackers: who started each one, and where the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center fits in. 12 questions.

  1. Which country is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition as we know it today?Answer: Germany. History.com says Germany is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition as we now know it, and a Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek article places the beginnings in Germany and Alsace.
  2. In December 1931, who put up the first Christmas tree at the Rockefeller Center building site?Answer: Construction workers. On Christmas Eve 1931, construction workers pooled their money and put up a twenty-foot balsam fir on the cleared work site.
  3. The poinsettia, a popular Christmas plant, is native to which country?Answer: Mexico. The poinsettia comes from Mexico, where the Aztecs knew it, and it was brought to the United States by Joel Poinsett, the first U.S. envoy to Mexico.
  4. According to tradition, which saint secretly provided dowries for three poor sisters, a story linked to Christmas gift-giving?Answer: Saint Nicholas. History.com says Nicholas saved three poor sisters from being sold into slavery by their father by providing them with a dowry so they could marry.
  5. In what year was the first official Christmas tree lit at Rockefeller Center?Answer: 1933. The first official tree was lit in 1933, two years after the unofficial tree of 1931.
  6. Which U.S. president pushed the button to light the first National Christmas Tree on Christmas Eve 1923?Answer: Calvin Coolidge. On December 24, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge walked from the Oval Office to the Ellipse and pushed the button to light the tree.
  7. In 1839, a pastor in Hamburg built the first Advent wreath for children at his mission school. What was it made from?Answer: A cartwheel. Johann Hinrich Wichern built the first Advent wreath in 1839 at the Rauhes Haus in Hamburg from a wagon wheel and candles. Accept wagon wheel.
  8. Tom Smith, the London confectioner credited with inventing the Christmas cracker, was inspired by a French sweet wrapped in tissue paper. What was it called?Answer: Bon bon. The V&A says Smith found the French bon bon, a sugared almond wrapped in a twist of tissue paper, on a trip to Paris and later added a small love motto inside the wrapper.
  9. In 1961, Jacqueline Kennedy began the White House tradition of themed Christmas trees with a theme based on which Tchaikovsky ballet?Answer: The Nutcracker. Jacqueline Kennedy introduced Christmas tree themes in 1961 with a Nutcracker Suite theme drawn from Tchaikovsky's ballet.
  10. In Norse myth, mistletoe is linked to a story about which god of light?Answer: Balder (also spelled Baldr). History.com says the Vikings honored mistletoe for its role in the death of Balder, a god of light, and in the myth a weapon is made from mistletoe.
  11. Henry Cole commissioned the first commercial Christmas card. Which artist designed it for him?Answer: John Callcott Horsley. Cole asked his friend, the artist John Callcott Horsley, to design the card, and a thousand copies were printed.
  12. A college in President Coolidge's home state of Vermont donated the first National Christmas Tree in 1923. Which college?Answer: Middlebury College. The tree was a gift to the President from Middlebury College in his native state of Vermont.

Santa, reindeer and elves

Santa, his reindeer and the stories that made them famous, from an 1823 poem to a department store giveaway. 11 questions.

  1. Which New York newspaper first printed "A Visit from St. Nicholas" without naming the author?Answer: The Troy Sentinel. The editor introduced the poem by admitting, "We know not to whom we are indebted for the following description."
  2. "A Visit from St. Nicholas" is better known by what title, taken from its first line?Answer: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. The poem opens with the line "'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house."
  3. In the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas," which reindeer is named first?Answer: Dasher. The poem calls the reindeer in the order "Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!" and then names four more, for eight in all.
  4. For which department store did Robert L. May write the original Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer story in 1939?Answer: Montgomery Ward. May was a Chicago copywriter, and the store handed out the story as a giveaway to young shoppers in the 1939 holiday season.
  5. Which Western singing star recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" in 1949?Answer: Gene Autry. Autry reluctantly recorded the song in 1949, and his wife had to convince him to do it.
  6. Which songwriter, the brother-in-law of Rudolph's author, turned the story into the famous Rudolph song?Answer: Johnny Marks. Marks's sister married Robert L. May, and Marks cut the story down to just over 100 words for the song.
  7. Which singer and actor narrated the 1964 TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer as Sam the Snowman?Answer: Burl Ives. The stop-motion special from Rankin/Bass premiered on NBC in 1964 with Burl Ives as narrator Sam the Snowman.
  8. Which cartoonist drew "Santa Claus in Camp" for the January 3, 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly?Answer: Thomas Nast. The illustration shows Santa bringing presents to Union troops, and Nast went on to make 33 Christmas images for Harper's Weekly between 1863 and 1886.
  9. In what year did the NORAD Santa-tracking tradition begin, after a child's phone call to Colonel Harry Shoup?Answer: 1955. Colonel Harry Shoup began the tradition in 1955 after receiving a phone call from a child expecting to reach Santa Claus.
  10. What postal code does Canada Post list for letters addressed to Santa Claus at the North Pole?Answer: H0H 0H0. Canada Post's Santa address is Santa Claus, North Pole, H0H 0H0, Canada, a code reminiscent of Santa's "Ho, ho, ho."
  11. Which illustrator created his first Santa Claus painting for The Coca-Cola Company in 1931?Answer: Haddon Sundblom. Sundblom created his first Santa for Coca-Cola in 1931, using a retired salesman named Lew Prentiss as his first model.

Christmas songs and carols

Carols and pop hits: who wrote them, when they first appeared and how many gifts the twelve days add up to. 12 questions.

  1. In December 1965, two Gemini 6A astronauts played which Christmas song on a tiny harmonica and miniature bells?Answer: Jingle Bells. Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford played Jingle Bells with miniature jingle bells and an 8-note Hohner Little Lady harmonica on Gemini 6A on December 16, 1965.
  2. In the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, what does the true love send on the first day?Answer: A partridge in a pear tree. The suitor sends a partridge in a pear tree on the first day, then repeats that gift and adds one more each day through the twelve days.
  3. Guinness World Records lists which Bing Crosby song as the best-selling physical single?Answer: White Christmas. Guinness World Records estimates that Bing Crosby's White Christmas has sold 50 million copies worldwide.
  4. In what year was Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You released?Answer: 1994. The song first appeared on Carey's 1994 holiday album and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in December 2019.
  5. Silent Night was written as a poem in 1816 by which priest?Answer: Joseph Mohr. Joseph Mohr wrote the words as a poem in 1816, and Franz Gruber added the melody two years later.
  6. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing was first published in 1739 as a Christmas hymn by which English hymn writer?Answer: Charles Wesley. Charles Wesley published the text in Hymns and Sacred Poems in 1739 under the title Hymn for Christmas Day, and George Whitefield later changed the first line.
  7. Which English hymn writer published the words that became Joy to the World in 1719?Answer: Isaac Watts. Isaac Watts published the text in 1719 as a paraphrase of Psalm 98, and it was not originally written for Christmas.
  8. Counting every repeated gift, how many gifts does the singer receive in total over all twelve days of The Twelve Days of Christmas?Answer: 364. Day n brings 1+2+...+n gifts, and adding the twelve daily totals (1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55, 66, 78) gives 364.
  9. The tune of Carol of the Bells, arranged by Mykola Leontovych, comes from a New Year folk song from which country?Answer: Ukraine. Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych built a choral piece from the folk melody Shchedryk, and Peter Wilhousky published it with English words in 1936 as Carol of the Bells.
  10. Who wrote the song first performed in Boston in 1857 under the title One Horse Open Sleigh?Answer: James Lord Pierpont. A Harvard playbill places the first performance at Ordway Hall in Boston on September 15, 1857, and Pierpont re-copyrighted the song in 1859 under a new title.
  11. In the carol Good King Wenceslas, the real Wenceslas was a 10th century duke of which land?Answer: Bohemia. Britannica says the real Wenceslas was a 10th-century duke of Bohemia rather than a king, and that he inspired the carol John Mason Neale first published in 1853.
  12. O Holy Night began as a French poem by Placide Cappeau. Which composer set it to music?Answer: Adolphe Adam. Cappeau, a local poet in the French town of Roquemaure, was asked to write a Christmas poem and then asked Adolphe Adam to set it to music.

Christmas movies and TV

Films and TV specials people rewatch every December, with the casts, books and years behind them. 11 questions.

  1. Which child actor played Kevin McCallister in the 1990 comedy Home Alone?Answer: Macaulay Culkin. Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister in the 1990 Christmas comedy Home Alone, which was directed by Chris Columbus and written by John Hughes.
  2. Which actor plays Buddy, a human raised by Santa's elves, in the 2003 movie Elf?Answer: Will Ferrell. Will Ferrell stars as Buddy, a human raised by Santa's elves, in the 2003 film Elf, which Jon Favreau directed.
  3. In the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street, which New York department store hires Kris Kringle to play Santa?Answer: Macy's. In Miracle on 34th Street, Kris Kringle is hired to play Santa at Macy's store in New York City, and Edmund Gwenn won an Oscar for playing him.
  4. What is the name of the fictional town where George Bailey lives in It's a Wonderful Life?Answer: Bedford Falls. George Bailey's hometown in the 1946 film is Bedford Falls, which turns into the vice-filled Pottersville in the version of events where he was never born.
  5. Which actor narrated the TV special How the Grinch Stole Christmas?Answer: Boris Karloff. Boris Karloff narrated the television special, based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss book, and also voiced the Grinch.
  6. Which jazz pianist composed the music for the 1965 TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas?Answer: Vince Guaraldi. San Francisco-area jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi created the music for the 1965 special, which aired on CBS.
  7. In the 1964 TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, what job does the elf Hermey want instead of making toys?Answer: Dentist. Hermey is a misfit elf who leaves Santa's workshop to follow his dream of becoming a dentist.
  8. Who wrote and illustrated the picture book The Polar Express?Answer: Chris Van Allsburg. Chris Van Allsburg wrote and illustrated The Polar Express, published by Houghton Mifflin in 1985, and it won the Caldecott Medal in 1986.
  9. In what year was the Frank Capra film It's a Wonderful Life selected for the Library of Congress National Film Registry?Answer: 1990. The 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life entered the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1990.
  10. Which comedian narrated the 1969 TV special Frosty the Snowman?Answer: Jimmy Durante. Jimmy Durante narrated the 1969 Rankin/Bass special Frosty the Snowman, which first aired on CBS.
  11. What was the title of the short story by Philip Van Doren Stern that became the basis for It's a Wonderful Life?Answer: The Greatest Gift. Philip Van Doren Stern's short story The Greatest Gift, which he sent out as a 1943 holiday gift, was the basis for the 1946 film.

Christmas around the world

How Iceland, Mexico, Catalonia, Sweden, Japan and others celebrate. These are customs, so the questions ask what people do. 11 questions.

  1. In Iceland, what gift is traditionally exchanged on Christmas Eve as part of the Jólabókaflóð?Answer: Books. Jólabókaflóð, literally the Christmas book flood, is an Icelandic tradition in which books are given as gifts on Christmas Eve.
  2. In Icelandic folklore, the big black Yule Cat is said to eat anyone who has not received what before Christmas?Answer: A new piece of clothing. Visit Iceland describes the Yule Cat as the black cat that hunts on Christmas Eve and eats people who did not get a new piece of clothing before Christmas.
  3. At Mexican Christmas celebrations linked to Las Posadas, children try to break which decorated container filled with toys and candy?Answer: A piñata. Britannica says Las Posadas reenacts Mary and Joseph's search for a place to stay, and children try to break a piñata filled with toys and candy.
  4. The Philippines is known for a very long Christmas season that starts with the first of the "Ber" months. Which month is that?Answer: September. NPR reports that in the Philippines, September begins the Ber months (September to December), the start of a long Christmas season.
  5. In what year did KFC Japan take its "Kentucky for Christmas" marketing plan national?Answer: 1974. According to the BBC, KFC took its Christmas "party barrel" marketing plan national in 1974 under the slogan Kurisumasu ni wa Kentakkii, meaning Kentucky for Christmas.
  6. In Catalonia, children sing to and hit which object with sticks so it will "poop" out small gifts?Answer: A log. Catalan News describes the Tió de Nadal as a Christmas log that children feed from December 8, then hit with sticks while singing so it reveals sweets or small presents.
  7. On which date in December are the candlelit Lucia processions held in Sweden?Answer: December 13. Sweden.se says the candlelit Lucia procession on 13 December is one of Sweden's more exotic-looking customs, with Lucia wearing light in her hair, usually a crown of electric candles.
  8. On which date does the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebrate Christmas, known as Genna?Answer: January 7. Britannica says the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebrates Christmas on January 7, and Ethiopia's national news agency calls the holiday Genna.
  9. In Caracas, Venezuela, a Christmas tradition has people travel to early morning church services on what wheeled footwear?Answer: Roller skates. News reports describe residents of Caracas roller-skating to early morning church services from December 16 to 24.
  10. In Dutch tradition, Sinterklaas is said to arrive in the Netherlands each year by boat from which country?Answer: Spain. Euronews says the Dutch have routinely celebrated Sinterklaas's arrival in the Netherlands from Spain by boat since the 19th century, and gifts and poems follow on the evening of 5 December.
  11. In what year was the first giant straw Gävle Goat raised in Sweden?Answer: 1966. The Gävle tourism site says the first Gävle Goat, a giant straw goat, was raised on December 1, 1966.

Christmas food and drink

Puddings, pies, eggnog and the sweets on the table, with a bit of history on each. 11 questions.

  1. What is the name of the last Sunday before Advent, when families have traditionally made their Christmas puddings?Answer: Stir-up Sunday. The last Sunday before Advent is called Stir-up Sunday, a name that comes from the opening of the day's prayer in the Book of Common Prayer, 'Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord'.
  2. What spirit is traditionally warmed, poured over a Christmas pudding and set alight before it is carried to the table?Answer: Brandy. Historic UK says a little warm brandy is poured over the pudding and lit, and the pudding is carried to the table alight and flaming, topped with a sprig of holly.
  3. Tudor mince pies were savoury rather than sweet. What did they contain that most modern mince pies do not?Answer: Meat. Historic Royal Palaces says Tudor mince pies were savoury and contained shredded leftover meats, and English Heritage notes that by the 1900s the only trace of meat left in them was the suet.
  4. English Heritage says early mince pies were often baked in a rectangular shape, which people came to link with which Nativity object?Answer: The manger. English Heritage says that because the pies were often baked rectangular, people began to associate them with the manger in which Jesus was laid.
  5. What does the name of the Italian Christmas cake panettone mean in English?Answer: Big bread. Britannica describes panettone as an Italian Christmas cake made like a bread with a fermented starter, and says its name means 'big bread'.
  6. The long shape and sugar-white color of German Stollen is said to remind people of what?Answer: The swaddled baby Jesus. The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek says Stollen's shape and sugar-white color are said to be reminiscent of the loaf of the swaddled baby Jesus.
  7. Which Christmas drink is a liquid custard made from beaten eggs, sugar, and cream or milk?Answer: Eggnog. Britannica describes eggnog as a drink of beaten eggs, sugar, and cream or milk, a sort of liquid custard.
  8. According to Saveur, in what year did Parisian pastry chef Pierre Lacam's cookbook give the first recorded mention of the bûche de Noël?Answer: 1898. Saveur reports that the first recorded mention of the French Christmas cake bûche de Noël appeared in 1898 in a cookbook by Parisian pastry chef Pierre Lacam, though the cake's exact origin is disputed.
  9. According to Historic Royal Palaces, which bird was the most popular Christmas bird at Tudor feasts, even after turkey appeared?Answer: Goose. Historic Royal Palaces says turkey made an appearance in the later Tudor period, but the most popular Christmas bird was goose.
  10. According to History.com, early candy canes came in what single color before red stripes and peppermint became popular around the turn of the 20th century?Answer: White. History.com, quoting the National Confectioners Association, says candy canes came in just one color, white, until the red stripes and peppermint flavor became the most popular choice at the turn of the 20th century.
  11. The English word 'wassail' is believed to come from an Old English greeting meaning what?Answer: Be in good health. The National Trust says the word wassail is believed to come from the Old English 'was hal', meaning 'be hale' or 'good health'.

Numbers, records and curiosities

Dates, places and firsts: the 1914 truce, a Christmas Island, the first electrically lit tree and the tallest cut tree on record. 10 questions.

  1. Boxing Day is observed in Great Britain and some Commonwealth countries on which date?Answer: December 26. Britannica describes Boxing Day as a holiday on December 26 on which servants, tradespeople and the poor traditionally were presented with gifts.
  2. The town of Santa Claus, whose post office remails Christmas mail with a special postmark, is in which US state?Answer: Indiana. Britannica says the town of Santa Claus is in Spencer county, southwestern Indiana, and its post office remails hundreds of thousands of pieces of Christmas mail each year with the Santa Claus postmark.
  3. In which year did British and German soldiers on the Western Front hold an unofficial Christmas truce, meeting in No-Man's Land to exchange gifts?Answer: 1914. The Imperial War Museums say that on Christmas Day 1914 British and German soldiers met in No-Man's Land and exchanged gifts, though the truce was not observed along the whole Western Front.
  4. Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean was named by a British East India Company captain who sailed past it on Christmas Day of which year?Answer: 1643. The Christmas Island tourism site says Captain William Mynors of the East India Company ship Royal Mary named the island on Christmas Day, 25 December 1643, but could not land.
  5. In which year was the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem added to the UNESCO World Heritage List?Answer: 2012. UNESCO inscribed the Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route in Bethlehem in June 2012, and CNN reported it as the first Palestinian World Heritage site.
  6. The evening before Epiphany, which ends the Twelve Days of Christmas, goes by what name?Answer: Twelfth Night. Britannica says the evening preceding Epiphany is called Twelfth Night, observed on January 5.
  7. Edward H. Johnson, an associate of Thomas Edison, displayed what is described as the first electrically lit Christmas tree at his New York City home in which year?Answer: 1882. The Bowery Boys history site says the world's first Christmas tree with electric lights was displayed in 1882 at the home of Edward Hibberd Johnson, a vice president of the Edison Electric Company.
  8. According to Guinness World Records, the tallest cut Christmas tree, a Douglas fir, was erected in December 1950 at a shopping center in which US city?Answer: Seattle. Guinness World Records lists a 64.6 m (212 ft) Douglas fir erected and decorated at Northgate Shopping Center in Seattle, Washington, in December 1950 as the world's tallest cut Christmas tree.
  9. According to Britannica, which writer first identified December 25 as the date of Jesus' birth, in the year 221?Answer: Sextus Julius Africanus. Britannica says the New Testament gives no date and that December 25 was first identified as the date of Jesus' birth by Sextus Julius Africanus in 221.
  10. Which German publisher is credited with adding small doors to printed Advent calendars in the 1920s?Answer: Gerhard Lang. Britannica says the German publisher Gerhard Lang is credited with adding small doors, with pictures behind them, to commercially printed Advent calendars in the 1920s.

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