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Christmas Trivia
Discover 121 mind-blowing Christmas facts that will shock your family! From the $1.2 million tree to the real Santa's origin story - prepare to be amazed by holiday secrets you never knew existed.
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What was the exact year of the first televised Queen's Christmas Message in Britain?
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Which animated TV special has the line 'Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more'?
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Which country calls Santa 'Joulupukki', meaning Christmas goat?
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Who composed the jazz score for A Charlie Brown Christmas?
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In Russia, who delivers presents with Snegurochka on New Year?
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What red plant native to Mexico became a Christmas symbol in the United States?
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Which saint inspired the figure of Santa Claus?
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In what year did the first official UK Christmas number one appear on the singles chart?
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Which broadcaster began carrying King's College Cambridge Nine Lessons and Carols in 1928?
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In 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', how many drummers are drumming?
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Which island nation calls Santa 'Sinte Babbo' in a creole blend and serves goat pepper pot at Christmas?
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In many nativity scenes, how many Magi are depicted?
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Who plays Kevin McCallister in Home Alone (1990)?
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In what year did Bing Crosby first perform 'White Christmas' on radio?
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What Italian Christmas bread is baked with candied citron and raisins?
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In which year did the NORAD Santa tracker begin after a misprinted phone number?
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Which department store created Rudolph in a 1939 booklet by Robert L. May?
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What is the formal name of the service created in Truro in 1880 now famous worldwide?
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Which country famously eats KFC as a Christmas tradition, popularized in the 1970s?
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In what year was the first commercial Christmas card printed by Henry Cole in London?
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Which 2003 comedy stars Will Ferrell as a human raised by elves?
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What species is most often used for the Rockefeller Center tree?
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What colors make the classic candy cane stripes?
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What Roman festival from 17 to 23 December influenced later Christmas customs?
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In what year did Band Aid release 'Do They Know It's Christmas'?
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What poem begins with 'Twas the night before Christmas'?
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Which country celebrates Sinterklaas on December 5 with gifts in shoes?
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Which British monarch helped popularize the indoor Christmas tree in the 1840s?
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What 1947 film features a courtroom deciding whether Santa is real at Macy's?
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Which carol was first printed by William Sandys in 1833 and speaks of 'tidings of comfort and joy'?
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In what year does the earliest known English form 'Cristes maesse' appear in records?
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What German Christmas bread is filled with marzipan and dusted with sugar?
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What colonial statute outlawed Christmas in Massachusetts with a five-shilling fine?
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Who co-wrote 'The Christmas Song' in a 1945 heatwave?
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Rovaniemi markets itself as Santa's hometown in which region of Finland?
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Good King Wenceslas is set on what date known as the Feast of Stephen?
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Which US president lit the first National Christmas Tree at the White House in 1923?
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Which country has a gift-bringer named La Befana who visits on the eve of Epiphany?
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What color are holly berries?
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Which German city's Striezelmarkt gives its name to stollen, known historically as Striezel?
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What do many children hang by the fireplace for small gifts?
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What is Frosty in the classic song?
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Who first sang 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' in a film musical?
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Which region created the candy-pooping log called 'Tio de Nadal'?
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Which company shaped the modern red-suited Santa with an ad campaign starting in 1931?
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Which plant do people kiss under at Christmas parties?
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Which of the Magi's gifts is a fragrant resin tapped from Boswellia trees?
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In which city did Handel premiere Messiah, first performed in April 1742, later a Christmas staple?
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What day is Epiphany in the Western Christian calendar?
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In which city did SantaCon begin in 1994 before spreading worldwide?
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Which 2004 film features a train to the North Pole based on a picture book?
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In The Nightmare Before Christmas, who is the ragdoll heroine?
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How many points are on the common Moravian star used in German decorations?
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What banana leaf-wrapped Puerto Rican Christmas dish mixes plantain dough with pork?
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In the ballet The Nutcracker, what is the name of the young girl who receives the toy?
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What was the traditional Christmas bird on many Victorian English tables?
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What date is Christmas Day in the Gregorian calendar?
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Which river did George Washington cross on Christmas night 1776?
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Which composer wrote the 1957 choral work Carol Symphony used on BBC television?
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Which band took 'Merry Xmas Everybody' to UK Christmas number one in 1973?
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Which carol with partridges and pear trees was first printed in English in 1780?
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What hot drink is made by heating red wine with spices at many Christmas markets?
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What is the Czech name of the carp and potato salad meal eaten on Christmas Eve?
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Where did Phillips Brooks first have 'O Little Town of Bethlehem' performed in 1868?
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In what year did 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' first hit number one on the US Billboard Hot 100?
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What title was given to the famed 1951 Alastair Sim adaptation of A Christmas Carol?
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In what year did John Mason Neale publish Good King Wenceslas in a carol collection?
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What British retailer began its long-running Christmas adverts with Adam and Eve in 2007?
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Who sings 'All I Want For Christmas Is You'?
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Who lives at the North Pole according to popular Christmas lore?
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How many windows does a standard Advent calendar have when it runs to Christmas Eve?
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In what year did the Spanish Christmas lottery 'El Gordo' first draw?
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Which Caribbean nation celebrates Junkanoo parades on Boxing Day and New Year with cowbells and goatskin drums?
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Including Jacob Marley, how many spirits visit Scrooge in the Dickens tale?
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In what year was 'Es ist ein Ros entsprungen' first printed in a German collection at Speyer?
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Which city's Christkindlesmarkt is famous and documented back to the sixteenth century?
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Which US state harvests the most Christmas trees most years?
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What color is the fur trim on a Santa hat?
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Which 1988 action film set in Nakatomi Plaza is often debated as a Christmas movie?
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In which year did the World War I Christmas truce occur on the Western Front?
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Which bishop led the Synod of Tours in 567 that set Advent as a penitential season?
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Which song begins with the lyric 'Chestnuts roasting on an open fire'?
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Which Wham! hit about heartbreak is a seasonal staple?
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What Bing Crosby hit is the best-selling single of all time?
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In what year did The Year Without a Santa Claus first air on American television?
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Which 1953 hit lists luxury gifts and flirts with Santa?
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What is the Slovak Christmas wafer with honey and garlic called?
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Which country is known for vanillekipferl crescents at Christmas?
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On the seventh day of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', which gift is named?
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Who wrote and composed the 1951 carol 'Mary's Boy Child'?
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What color is the Grinch's fur in the 1966 TV special?
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What number of total gifts are given across all verses of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'?
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Which 1964 special features the Island of Misfit Toys?
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Which country uses the name 'Nochebuena' for the evening of December 24?
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What is the original German title of 'O Christmas Tree'?
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In which ancient Anatolian region did the historical St Nicholas serve as bishop?
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Who narrated and voiced the Grinch in the 1966 television special?
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In Spanish-speaking countries, what is Santa often called?
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What is the name of the Grinch's dog?
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What is the day after Christmas called in the United Kingdom?
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'O Holy Night' was first performed in what language in 1847?
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In A Christmas Carol, what is Scrooge's first name?
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In which city is the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lit each year?
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Who recorded 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' at age 13?
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Which character is known for saying 'Bah humbug'?
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Which city holds the Simbang Gabi dawn masses tradition leading up to Christmas?
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What is the French name of the rolled chocolate Yule log cake?
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Which Mexican procession reenacts Mary and Joseph seeking shelter during the nine nights before Christmas?
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What creamy holiday drink is made with milk, eggs, sugar, and spices?
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Which country has a Christmas witch named Frau Perchta who inspects spinning and housework?
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Which country enjoys Jansson's Temptation at Christmas dinners?
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Which country is credited with starting the decorated Christmas tree tradition?
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Which country sends Britain the Trafalgar Square tree each year in thanks for World War II?
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What is the English title of the carol 'Stille Nacht'?
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Which Icelandic folklore creature is a giant cat said to eat those without new clothes?
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Which gospel uniquely mentions shepherds visiting the manger?
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What opus number is Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker?
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What city began the giant Gรคvle Goat tradition in 1966, often targeted by arsonists?
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The first NORAD Santa calls were misdirected from an ad placed by which store and city?
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Which precision dance troupe stars in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular?
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What is the name of the red-nosed reindeer who guides Santa's sleigh?
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