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Christmas Around the World

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