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