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Christmas Around the World

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