Christmas Quiz

Choose the answer you think is correct.

1 The day after Christmas Day is known as

Christmas Eve.
Boxing Day.
St Paul's Day.
Shrove Tuesday.

2 Traditional Christmas dinner in the UK and many other countries includes

roast duck and noodles.
roast beef and carrots.
roast turkey and brussels sprouts.
fish, chips and peas.

3 Traditional or religious songs sung at Christmas are called

hymns.
ballads.
carols.
melodies.

4 Mistletoe is a plant used to decorate homes at Christmas. If a man and a woman stand beneath it,

they must marry.
they must kiss.
the man must give the woman money.
the woman must ask the man to dance.

5 In many countries Christmas day is on 25th December. It Russia it is on

24 December- because the people are very religious.
7 January - because the Russian church uses the Julian calendar.
31 March - so that it coincides with the end of the financial year.
15 October - because the communists changed it in 1917.

6 Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way / Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open

sledge.
dray.
sleigh.
coach.

7 Father Christmas (Santa Claus) lives in

The Czech Republic.
Jerusalem.
The North Pole.
London.

8 He rides in a sleigh pulled by

horses
reindeer
dogs
donkeys

9 Another name for the religious festival of Christmas is

the Mass (celebrating the Last Supper).
the Nativity (from a Latin root meaning 'birth').
the Epiphany (celebrating the three wise men).
the Resurrection (celebrating Christ's return to life).

10 On Christmas Eve, children put ____________ at the end of their beds for presents.

socks
some holly
a stocking
a box

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