Worldwide Christmas Quiz

Which city claims to have had the first decorated Christmas tree in 1510?

• Riga, Latvia

• Bonn, Germany

• Vienna, Austria

• London. England

According to English folk tales who died when Jesus was born?

• The little donkey

• Tiny Tim

• The devil

• Herod

King Haakon I of _________ rescheduled the date of Yule to coincide with Christian celebrations held at the time.

• Denmark

• Finland

• Norway

• Sweden

In Hawaii, what does Father Christmas wear instead of fur-trimmed suits?

• An aloha shirt

• A dinner suit

• A swim suit

• His birthday suit

What do Argentinians put on Christmas trees to simulate snow?

• Icing sugar

• Flour

• Wool

• Cotton

In Ethiopia, Christmas is not important. Most people actually call the holiday Ganna or Genna after ____________ played only once a year, on Christmas afternoon.

• a football-like ball game

• a hockey-like ball game

• an Internet game

• a rugby-like game

What does the Icelandic Christmas tradition called Jolabokaflod mean?

• The Christmas Book Flood

• The Christmas Jelly Flood

• The Christmas Chocolate Flood

• The Christmas Present Flood

On Christmas Day Lebanese children to go up to any adult and say, “Editi ‘aleik!”. What are they saying?

• You want a gift from me!

• I'll take a gift from you!

• You are not welcome!

• You have a gift for me!

At Christmas time Syrian children receive gifts from one of the wise men’s ________?

• family

• friends

• camels

• goats

Greenland's traditional Christmas dish, kiviak, takes 7 months to prepare. It begins with hollowing out a _________ and stuffing it with 500 auks (feathers and all) to ferment.

• polar bear skin

• seal skin

• walrus skin

• whale skin