In Japan, around 3.6 million people go to _____ on Christmas Day.
A karaoke bar
KFC
Mount Fuji
A temple
What is NOT an ingredient in a British mince pie?
butter
beef
Dried fruit
Cinnamon
In _______ it's common to set extra places at the dining table for deceased relatives.
Portugal
Mexico
Spain
France
In Greenland, people eat Kiviak, which is a ________________.
roasted octopus with the sauce of its ink
baked seal preserved in a body of a whale
fried fish with skin
small bird preserved in the body of a seal
Twenty-eight ________ are sold every second during the Christmas season.
turkeys
blood sausages
Christmas cards
boxes of Lego
In Germany, it's traditional to hide _______ somewhere on your Christmas tree. If you find it, you will have good luck.
a silver spoon
an apple
a pickle
a gold coin
In Sweden, kids regularly watch Disney show with _________ at Christmas.
Tom and Jerry
Donald Duck
Bux Bunny
Mickey Mouse
On Christmas Eve, unmarried women in ___________ stand with their back to the door and toss one of their shoes over their shoulder. If it lands with the toe facing the door, it means that they’ll be married within the year.
Switzerland
Austria
Slovakia
the Czech republic
What is the most popular Christmas song worldwide?
Last Christmas
Jingle bells
Let it snow
All I want for Christmas is you
In the UK, what is shown on TV at 3pm on Christmas Day?
The Prime Minister's Christmas Message
The News
The King's Speech
Home Alone
In ______, Christmas presents aren't delivered by Santa, but by a witch called Befana.
Spain
Albania
Italy
Greece
Candy canes were invented by a choir master in Germany to ______
give to poor children in his village
stop young choir boys talking so much
feed his pet reindeer
decorate his local church
What is the next line of the song? Silent Night, Holy night
Children sleep, parents fight
Trees are green, snow is white
All is calm, all is bright
All is cold, all is light
In __________ people commonly eat fried caterpillars during the Christmas time as a festive dish.
Egypt
South Africa
Morocco
Zimbabwe
Which of these is NOT the name of one of Santa's reindeer?
Dancer
Chancer
Comet
Cupid
______ men wait until 24th December to do all their Christmas shopping.
1 in 3
1 in 20
1 in 5
1 in 10
The tradition of decorating Christmas trees started in ____ in the 16th century.
Russia
Germany
the USA
Norway
In Germany, Christkind doesn't give the presents in the stocking but in the _________.
Basket
Boots
Shoes
Chimney
In Wales, people still hold a Celtic tradition - they take a _________ and white sheets and knock on the neighbours' door.
Pig skull
Donkey skull
Goat skull
Horse skull
What is the name of Tchaikovsky's ballet, traditionally performed at Christmas?
The Nutcracker
The Cracknutter
The Nutcranker
The Nutrocker
British people either love or hate these vegetables at Christmas. What are they?
Brussels cabbages
Brussels sproots
Brussels greens
Brussels sprouts
If you are born on 25th December, what is your zodiac sign?
Capricorn
Pisces
Aquarius
Virgo
In Finland, people hide ________ in their porridge.
Chestnut
Almond
Pecan nut
Peanut
According to Facebook, two weeks before Christmas is the most popular time for couples to...
announce their engagement
post pictures of their matching Christmas sweaters
break up
post videos of their pet wearing Christmas costumes
If you want to say ‘Merry Christmas’ in Hawaii, you should say……
Mele Kalikimaka
Oahua Hulamala
Lanaa Takiniki
Maui Kapalama
If you meet someone under the mistletoe, what should you do?
shake their hand
kiss them
sing a Christmas song together
hug
In Norway, during the Christmas people hide ___________.
Cups
Brooms
Plates
Buckets
This delicious dish is often eaten at Christmas in the UK. But what is it called?
Pigs in Blankets
Sheep in Sheets
Pork in Pyjamas
Goats in a Bed
In order to deliver all the presents in one night, how fast does Santa have to travel?
20 kilometres per second
150 kilometres per second
525 kilometres per second
77 kilometres per second
This is a caganer, a popular Christmas character in Spain. What is he doing?
Sitting on a horse
Pooping
Doing a traditional Spanish dance
Carrying a piece of wood
What do you NOT usually find in a traditional British Christmas cracker?
a joke
chocolate
a paper hat
a toy
In Ukraine, people decorate their Christmas trees with…
Flowers and leaves
Bells and chocolate
Apples and oranges
spiders and cobwebs
In _________, people decorate mango or banana trees instead of classical Christmas trees.
Cuba
India
Indonesia
Haiti
In Austria at Christmas, bad children are punished by ________
Trumpus
Krampus
Grampus
Rumpus
At Christmas in Greenland, people eat mattak, but what is it?
grilled polar bear
deep-fried whale meat
baked octopus
fried penguin
On Christmas Day in Caracas, Venezuela, people go to church ______.
on roller skates
on horses
on scooters
by bicycle
Men in _________ throw a spoon of a traditional "pudding" on the ceiling. The more that sticks, the luckier he will be.
Slovakia
Bulgaria
Slovenia
Romania
In the year 1647, Christmas was ______ in the UK.
only celebrated by women
banned
celebrated twice
celebrated in July
It is safe to eat your Christmas tree.
False-That's just crazy!
True-it contains Vitamin C
The first song ever played in space was...
Jingle Bells
All I Want For Christmas is You
Last Christmas
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
In Mexican city Oaxaca, people have a competition in carving __________. Competitors are very creative - they can make for example monsters or animals.
Pumpkins
Cucumbers
Radishes
Carrots
In Icelandic tradition, if you don't get new clothes for Christmas, you will be_____
thrown into a volcano
turned to ice
hungry all winter
eaten by a giant cat