Welsh Christmas Quiz

Which instrument often accompanied the hymns sung in Welsh homes and churches?

• Clarinet
• Drums
• Harp
• Organ
• Violin

The tradition of giving tradesmen and postmen a Christmas box on Boxing day started In which century?

• 16th
• 17th
• 18th
• 19th
• 20th

The traditional Welsh Christmas church service is usually between ___________ on Christmas morning.

• 12am and 3am

• 3am and 6am

• 5am and 8am

• 7am and 10am

• 8am and 11am

What is the name of the traditional and delicious soft chewy toffee, made from butter and sugar at Christmas?

• Taffy
• Toffee
• Tangerine
• Tumeric
• Toughie

A Child’s Christmas in Wales is a book by which famous Welsh poet?

• Aneurin Bevan
• Dylan Thomas
• Alwyn Davies
• Owain Glyndwr
• Betsi Cadwaladr

What name is given to the Welsh tradition in which a group of male singers dance through the streets, carrying a large wooden and paper horse?

• Wassail bowl
• Wren day
• Calennig
• Holming
• Mari Lwyd

What is the name of the custom where the last person to get out of bed on Boxing day morning would be beaten with prickly holly sprigs?

• Wassail bowl

• Wren day

• Calennig

• Holming

• Mari Lwyd

Which New Year’s Day tradition involved children going from door to door, singing rhymes, splashing people with water and asking for gifts of small change?

• Wassail bowl
• Wren day
• Calennig
• Holming
• Mari Lwyd

In which Welsh tradition would men capture a tiny bird, put it in a wooden box and then carry it from door-to-door for all to see?

• Wassail bowl
• Wren day
• Calennig
• Holming
• Mari Lwyd

What is the name of the ornate bowl that would be filled with fruit, sugar, spices and topped up with warm beer, traditionally drank at new year in 19th century Wales?

• Wassail

• Wren day

• Calennig

• Holming

• Mari Lwyd