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Christmas Around the World

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