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Christmas in France

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word for Christmas in France is

a)

le Christmas

b)

Noël

c)

Yule

d)

Navidad

2.

Un sapin de Noël is what?

a)

A Christmas present

b)

A Christmas cake

c)

A Christmas tree

d)

A Christmas carol

3.

In France, Christmas is in what season?

a)

Spring

b)

Summer

c)

Autumn

d)

Winter

4.

Who brings French children their Christmas presents?

a)

le père Noël

b)

le Santa

c)

Batman

d)

Baby Jesus

5.

What food is this?

a)

Une bûche de Noel

b)

A pavlova

c)

A mince pie

d)

It's not a food, it's a bit of a branch.

6.

Some French people like this traditional dish at Christmas, what is it?

a)

Garlic bread

b)

frogs legs

c)

mussels

d)

snails

7.

What popular, French, Christmas food is this?

a)

une glace - an ice-cream

b)

de la dinde - turkey

c)

des huitres - oysters

d)

du pâté de foie gras - duck liver pâté

8.

In France, who punishes naughty children at Christmas?

a)

Le père Noël

b)

Les parents

c)

le père Fouettard

d)

Mrs Claus

9.

When do French children open their presents?

a)

24th December

b)

25th of December

c)

1st of January

d)

6th of January

10.

Le réveillon is the word for the big Christmas meal eaten with all the family. When?

a)

24th December

b)

25th December

c)

26th December

d)

31st December

11.

A traditional French Christmas meal (in Provence) has how many deserts or puddings?

a)

13

b)

5

c)

1

d)

8

12.

At Christmas, French children usually find their gifts....

a)

at school

b)

in their stockings

c)

in the garden

d)

in their shoes at the foot of their bed

13.

Un cadeau is....?

a)

a sleigh

b)

a reindeer

c)

a present

d)

a bauble

14.

Joyeux Noel means....

a)

Happy New Year

b)

Happy birthday

c)

Ho Ho Ho

d)

Happy Christmas

15.

Douce Nuit means Silent Night and it is a popular carol in France like it is in the UK. The lyrics to this carol were originally in what language?

a)

English

b)

German

c)

French

d)

Spanish

16.

What event is this?

a)

A Santa Convention

b)

Midnight mass - la messe de minuit

c)

A school Christmas Party - une fête de Noël

d)

A Christmas Market - un marché de Noël

17.

The 6th of January is le Jour des Rois. 'King's Day'. It celebrates.....

a)

The birth of Baby Jesus

b)

The shepherds visiting the stable

c)

The day the 3 Kings arrived to worship the Baby Jesus

d)

The day Mary and Jospeh returned home.

18.

What is this?

a)

Une galette des rois - sweet, flaky pastry and almonds

b)

a Cornish pasty - meat

c)

a New Year's pie - meat

d)

Un gâteau - a sponge cake (designed to look like a pasty)

19.

Here is a picture of some 'fèves' Where would you find one of these?

a)

In your stocking

b)

On the Christmas tree

c)

Baked inside 'Une galette des rois'

d)

Inside a cracker

20.

Un bonhomme de neige is....

a)

a type of sweet eaten at Christmas

b)

a snowman

c)

a cracker

d)

a sprout