Festive Christmas Trivia Quiz (Questions & Answers)

Fun Christmas Quiz Questions

1. Miracle on 34th Street is based on a real-life department store in New York City – which one?

2. Which Christmas song contains the lyric “everyone dancing merrily in the new old-fashioned way?”

3. Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?

4. According to the song, what did my true love give to me on the eighth day of Christmas?

5. How do you say Merry Christmas in Spanish?

6. Three of Santa’s reindeer’s names begin with the letter “D.” What are those names?

7. In the Friends Christmas episode, what does Ross dress up as?

8. UK boy band McFly’s Dougie Poynter and Tom Fletcher’s first-ever children’s book was a festive one about a dinosaur which did what?

9. Which year was All I Want for Christmas released?

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10. Macaulay Culkin’s real life brother also played his annoying little brother in Home Alone; what is his first name?

11. Who plays Elf in the Christmas movie of the same name?

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12. What is the name of the period leading up to Christmas Day?

13. The Grinch attempts to steal Christmas from which fictional town?

14. In which country can you find Lapland?

15. Santa Claus is often believed to have originated from Saint Nicholas who was known for his generosity. Where was he born?

16. What was traditionally left in the Christmas stocking of naughty children instead of gifts?

17. According to the National Retail Federation’s most recent data, consumers spend an average of how much on the holidays?

18. What is traditionally stuck into ham in a criss-cross fashion for flavour and appearance?

19. When did the first Christmas tree go up outside the Rockefeller Centre in New York City?

20. In which state would you find the ski resort town of Aspen?

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Fun Christmas Quiz Answers

Here are the answers to our Christmas multiple choice trivia quiz below and tell us how well you did in the comments!

1. Miracle on 34th Street is based on a real-life department store in New York City – which one?

Macy’s

2. Which Christmas song contains the lyric “everyone dancing merrily in the new old-fashioned way?”

Rocking Around The Christmas Tree

3. Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?

Germany

4. According to the song, what did my true love give to me on the eighth day of Christmas?

Eight Maids a Milking

Christmas Trivia: the carol this song is based on was writte inn 1780!

5. How do you say Merry Christmas in Spanish?

Feliz Navidad

6. Three of Santa’s reindeer’s names begin with the letter “D.” What are those names?

Dancer, Dasher and Donner

7. In the Friends Christmas episode, what does Ross dress up as?

Armadillo

Christmas Trivia: Ross was attempting to teach his so about the more Jewish side of holiday traditions when he chose this suit…

8. UK boy band McFly’s Dougie Poynter and Tom Fletcher’s first-ever children’s book was a festive one about a dinosaur which did what?

Pooped Christmas

9. Which year was All I Want for Christmas released?

1994

Check out our Christmas Music Trivia Quiz for more festive song questions.

10. Macaulay Culkin’s real life brother also played his annoying little brother in Home Alone; what is his first name?

Kieran

If you guessed Kit or Rory, good attempt as they are his other real life brothers – he has six siblings in total!

11. Who plays Elf in the Christmas movie of the same name?

Will Ferrell

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12. What is the name of the period leading up to Christmas Day?

Advent

Christmas Trivia: Advent, (from Latin adventus, “coming”), in the Christian church calendar, is the period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas 

13. The Grinch attempts to steal Christmas from which fictional town?

Whoville

14. In which country can you find Lapland?

Finland

15.Santa Claus is often believed to have originated from Saint Nicholas who was known for his generosity. Where was he born?

Turkey

16. What was traditionally left in the Christmas stocking of naughty children instead of gifts?

Coal

17. According to the National Retail Federation’s most recent data, consumers spend an average of how much on the holidays?

$950

18. What is traditionally stuck into ham in a criss-cross fashion for flavour and appearance?

Cloves

19. When did the first Christmas tree go up outside the Rockefeller Centre in New York City?

1933

20. In which state would you find the ski resort town of Aspen?

Colorado

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