Christmas Quiz: 85 Christmas Trivia Questions and Answers

Christmas in India quiz
Q1. What is Christmas called in Hindi in North India?
Q2. What do many Indian Christian homes hang outside the house at Christmas?
Q3. Name one of the three Indian states where most people are Christian.
Q4. What is the Christmas Eve midnight Mass called in Goa?
Q5. What do Goans call their tray of homemade Christmas sweets?
Q6. Which layered Goan dessert is a Christmas favourite?
Q7. Which church in Old Goa holds the remains of St Francis Xavier?
Q8. In which Kerala town was India's first Christmas plum cake said to be baked in 1883?
Q9. Which Kolkata street is famous for its Christmas lights and festival?
Q10. Which apostle, by tradition, brought Christianity to Kerala?

Answers: Christmas in India
A1. Bada Din, the Big Day
A2. A lit star, for the star of Bethlehem
A3. Nagaland, Mizoram or Meghalaya
A4. Missa de Galo, the Rooster's Mass
A5. Kuswar
A6. Bebinca
A7. Basilica of Bom Jesus
A8. Thalassery, by Mambally Bapu
A9. Park Street
A10. St Thomas, said to have landed at Muziris in AD 52

Christmas songs quiz
Q1. In which language was “Silent Night” first written?
Q2. In which country was “Silent Night” first sung, in 1818?
Q3. What was the first title of “Jingle Bells”?
Q4. Which Christmas song was the first song played in space?
Q5. Which song by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single of all time?
Q6. Who wrote “White Christmas”?
Q7. In which year did Mariah Carey release “All I Want for Christmas Is You”?
Q8. Which band released “Last Christmas” in 1984?
Q9. Which singer wrote and sang “Feliz Navidad” in 1970?
Q10. How old was Brenda Lee when she recorded “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree”?

Answers: Christmas songs
A1. German (Stille Nacht)
A2. Austria, in Oberndorf near Salzburg
A3. The One Horse Open Sleigh
A4. Jingle Bells, on Gemini 6A in December 1965
A5. White Christmas
A6. Irving Berlin
A7. 1994
A8. Wham!
A9. José Feliciano
A10. 13

Christmas movie quiz
Q1. In Home Alone, which city is Kevin's family flying to when they leave him behind?
Q2. Which actor played Kevin in Home Alone?
Q3. In Elf, which city does Buddy travel to, to find his father?
Q4. In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, what is the name of the Whos' town?
Q5. In It's a Wonderful Life, what is the name of the angel trying to earn his wings?
Q6. In Miracle on 34th Street, which department store hires Kris Kringle as Santa?
Q7. In Jingle All the Way, which toy is the dad desperate to buy?
Q8. In The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack Skellington is the Pumpkin King of which town?
Q9. Which two stars lead the 2024 Hindi thriller Merry Christmas?
Q10. In The Polar Express, what does Santa give the boy as the first gift of Christmas?

Answers: Christmas movies
A1. Paris
A2. Macaulay Culkin
A3. New York City
A4. Whoville
A5. Clarence
A6. Macy's
A7. Turbo-Man
A8. Halloween Town
A9. Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi
A10. A bell from the reindeer's reins

Santa and traditions quiz
Q1. How many reindeer pull Santa's sleigh, counting Rudolph?
Q2. The name Kris Kringle comes from which German word?
Q3. Which town in Finland calls itself the Official Hometown of Santa Claus?
Q4. Which US and Canadian defence group tracks Santa every Christmas Eve?
Q5. True or false: Coca-Cola invented Santa's red suit.
Q6. How many Sundays are there in Advent?
Q7. Which London sweet maker is said to have invented the Christmas cracker?
Q8. On which night do the Twelve Days of Christmas end?
Q9. Which saint's feast day is 6 December?
Q10. Which royal couple made the Christmas tree popular in Britain?

Answers: Santa and traditions
A1. Nine
A2. Christkindl, meaning Christ child
A3. Rovaniemi, on the Arctic Circle
A4. NORAD, since 1955
A5. False. Santa wore red in ads and magazines before Coca-Cola's 1930s ads
A6. Four
A7. Tom Smith, around 1847
A8. 5 January, Twelfth Night
A9. St Nicholas
A10. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Christmas around the world quiz
Q1. In Japan, which fast food meal is a Christmas tradition?
Q2. How many Yule Lads visit children in Iceland before Christmas?
Q3. What do Icelanders give each other on Christmas Eve and read that night?
Q4. Which kind old witch brings gifts to Italian children on 5 January?
Q5. In the Netherlands, how does Sinterklaas arrive from Spain?
Q6. For how many nights is Las Posadas celebrated in Mexico?
Q7. What is the name of the nine dawn Masses before Christmas in the Philippines?
Q8. Which horned creature punishes naughty children in Austria and the Alps?
Q9. Girls wearing a crown of candles mark which Swedish festival on 13 December?
Q10. In Caracas, Venezuela, how do many people travel to early Christmas Mass?

Answers: Christmas around the world
A1. KFC fried chicken
A2. 13
A3. Books (the Christmas book flood)
A4. La Befana
A5. By steamboat
A6. Nine, from 16 to 24 December
A7. Simbang Gabi
A8. Krampus
A9. St Lucia Day
A10. On roller skates

Christmas quiz for kids
Q1. On which date is Christmas Day?
Q2. Where does Santa Claus live?
Q3. Which reindeer has a shiny red nose?
Q4. What do we call Santa's little helpers?
Q5. What do children hang up for Santa to fill with gifts?
Q6. What is Santa's wife called?
Q7. What colour is the Grinch?
Q8. Where was baby Jesus laid after he was born?
Q9. What do we usually put on the very top of a Christmas tree?
Q10. What are the two classic Christmas colours?

Answers: kids quiz
A1. 25 December
A2. The North Pole
A3. Rudolph
A4. Elves
A5. Stockings
A6. Mrs Claus
A7. Green
A8. In a manger
A9. A star or an angel
A10. Red and green

Hard Christmas quiz
Q1. In which year did England's Puritan rulers ban Christmas?
Q2. In which year did Christmas become a US federal holiday?
Q3. Which cartoonist drew Santa for Harper's Weekly in 1863 and shaped his modern look?
Q4. Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean belongs to which country?
Q5. The famous 1914 Christmas truce happened during which war?
Q6. In which Swedish town does a giant straw Christmas goat often get burned down?
Q7. On which date is Spain's huge El Gordo Christmas lottery drawn?
Q8. St Nicholas was the bishop of which ancient town?
Q9. The red “petals” of a poinsettia are actually what?
Q10. Which 1823 poem first named Santa's eight reindeer?

Answers: hard quiz
A1. 1647
A2. 1870
A3. Thomas Nast
A4. Australia
A5. World War I
A6. Gävle
A7. 22 December
A8. Myra, now Demre in Turkey
A9. Leaves, called bracts
A10. A Visit from St. Nicholas