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Christmas Around the World

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  • British people either love or hate these vegetables at Christmas. What are they?
    Brussels cabbages
    Brussels sprouts
    Brussels sproots
    Brussels greens
  • The first song ever played in space was...
    Jingle Bells
    Last Christmas
    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
    All I Want For Christmas is You
  • Twenty-eight ________ are sold every second during the Christmas season.
    boxes of Lego
    turkeys
    Christmas cards
    blood sausages
  • What is the name of Tchaikovsky's ballet, traditionally performed at Christmas?
    The Nutcracker
    The Cracknutter
    The Nutrocker
    The Nutcranker
  • This is a caganer, a popular Christmas character in Spain. What is he doing?
    Doing a traditional Spanish dance
    Carrying a piece of wood
    Pooping
    Sitting on a horse
  • Which of these is NOT the name of one of Santa's reindeer?
    Dancer
    Comet
    Chancer
    Cupid
  • If you are born on 25th December, what is your zodiac sign?
    Pisces
    Virgo
    Aquarius
    Capricorn
  • In order to deliver all the presents in one night, how fast does Santa have to travel?
    525 kilometres per second
    77 kilometres per second
    20 kilometres per second
    150 kilometres per second
  • If you want to say ‘Merry Christmas’ in Hawaii, you should say……
    Mele Kalikimaka
    Oahua Hulamala
    Maui Kapalama
    Lanaa Takiniki
  • In the UK, what is shown on TV at 3pm on Christmas Day?
    The Prime Minister's Christmas Message
    The News
    Home Alone
    The King's Speech
  • In the year 1647, Christmas was ______ in the UK.
    celebrated in July
    banned
    celebrated twice
    only celebrated by women
  • On Christmas Day in Caracas, Venezuela, people go to church ______.
    by bicycle
    on horses
    on scooters
    on roller skates
  • What is NOT an ingredient in a British mince pie?
    butter
    beef
    Cinnamon
    Dried fruit
  • What is the next line of the song? Silent Night, Holy night
    Trees are green, snow is white
    All is cold, all is light
    Children sleep, parents fight
    All is calm, all is bright
  • It is safe to eat your Christmas tree.
    False-That's just crazy!
    True-it contains Vitamin C
  • What do you NOT usually find in a traditional British Christmas cracker?
    a paper hat
    chocolate
    a toy
    a joke
  • According to Facebook, two weeks before Christmas is the most popular time for couples to...
    break up
    post videos of their pet wearing Christmas costumes
    announce their engagement
    post pictures of their matching Christmas sweaters
  • ______ men wait until 24th December to do all their Christmas shopping.
    1 in 3
    1 in 5
    1 in 10
    1 in 20
  • In Austria at Christmas, bad children are punished by ________
    Rumpus
    Grampus
    Krampus
    Trumpus
  • If you meet someone under the mistletoe, what should you do?
    sing a Christmas song together
    hug
    kiss them
    shake their hand
  • At Christmas in Greenland, people eat mattak, but what is it?
    grilled polar bear
    baked octopus
    deep-fried whale meat
    fried penguin
  • This delicious dish is often eaten at Christmas in the UK. But what is it called?
    Goats in a Bed
    Pigs in Blankets
    Pork in Pyjamas
    Sheep in Sheets
  • In Germany, it's traditional to hide _______ somewhere on your Christmas tree. If you find it, you will have good luck.
    a pickle
    an apple
    a gold coin
    a silver spoon
  • In Icelandic tradition, if you don't get new clothes for Christmas, you will be_____
    hungry all winter
    thrown into a volcano
    eaten by a giant cat
    turned to ice
  • In ______, Christmas presents aren't delivered by Santa, but by a witch called Befana.
    Italy
    Albania
    Greece
    Spain
  • Candy canes were invented by a choir master in Germany to ______
    feed his pet reindeer
    give to poor children in his village
    stop young choir boys talking so much
    decorate his local church
  • In Ukraine, people decorate their Christmas trees with…
    Bells and chocolate
    spiders and cobwebs
    Apples and oranges
    Flowers and leaves
  • In Japan, around 3.6 million people go to _____ on Christmas Day.
    A karaoke bar
    Mount Fuji
    KFC
    A temple
  • The tradition of decorating Christmas trees started in ____ in the 16th century.
    Germany
    Russia
    the USA
    Norway