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Seasonal trivia
1. Santa Claus is also known by his Saint name. What is it?
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2. Where does Santa live?
3. What night does Santa deliver his gifts?
4. How many reindeer other than the lead reindeer Rudolph usually pull
Santa's sleigh on a clear night?
5. One foggy Christmas Eve, Santa needed help guiding his sleigh through
the stormy night. Who did he ask for help?
6. Santa has a “Naughty and Nice” list. How many times does he check it,
according to the popular song ‘Santa Claus is coming to town?’
7. Santa has a favourite snack. Children often leave it out for him on
Christmas Eve. What is it?
8. Who makes the toys that Santa delivers?
9.What did Frosty The Snowman do when they placed the magic hat on his
head?
10.Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message to
the nation?
11. Who banned Christmas in England between 1647 and 1660?
12. On which date is Epiphany celebrated in the traditional Western
calendar?
13. Who are the four ghosts in Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol' ?
14.What is the English title of the carol written in 1818 by Austrian
priest Josef Mohr originally called Stille Nacht?
15. Which US state in 1907 was the last to declare Christmas a legal
holiday?
16. Which of the Wise Men was said to have brought the gift of gold for
the Baby Jesus?
17. Traditional in Germany at Christmas, what sort of food is stollen?
18. How many gifts are given in total in the song The Twelve Days of
Christmas?
19. Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean is a territory of which
country?
20. John Callcott Horsley designed what first commercial Christmas item
in 1843?
[Answers]
1. Saint Nicholas!
2.At the North Pole!
3. Christmas Eve!
4. Eight. They are .Dasher, Daner, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner
and Blitzen.
5. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer!
6. Twice!
7. Milk and cookies!
8. His elves
9. He began to dance around!
10. George the Fifth (in 1932)
11.Oliver Cromwell
12. On January 6
13. Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Christmas Yet to Come, and Jacob
Marley
14. Silent Night
15. Oklahoma
16. Melchior
17. Cake
18. 364
19. Australia
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