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Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 6mins
Jewish seven-branched candelabrum.
Dreidel
Menorah
Yakima
Julbukk
The colors of Kwanzaa are
Red and Green
Purple and Black
Black and White
Black, Red and Green
A popular Hanukkah game is spinning the
Dreidel
Menorah
Yakima
Julbukk
The poem commonly known as The Night Before Christmas was originally titled:
Santa's Secret Visit
A Visit from St. Nicholas
The Night Before Christmas
The Midnight Guest
Hanukkah is a Jewish celebration commemorating
Coming of Winter
Military victory of the Maccabees over the Greek-Syrians.
The first or fresh fruits
Birth of Jesus
Which celebration is based on a harvest festival?
Hanukkah
Christmas
Kwanzaa
All of them
The first instrument on which the carol "Silent Night" was played was:
A harp
A pipe organ
A guitar
A kazoo
In Guatemala, Christmas Day is celebrated:
On January 6
On December 25
On October 31
Never
Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in:
1492
1895
1944
1976
Good King Wenceslas was king of which country?
Abyssinia
England
Bohemia
Gondor
Kwanzaa is celebrated:
December 25th
December 26th through January 1st.
January 1st
In November
Medieval English Christmas pantomimes did NOT include which character?
St. Nicholas
The Bold Slasher
Father Christmas
The Turkish Knight
How many candles does it take to observe all the nights of Chanukkah?
7
8
44
100
Which name does NOT belong to one of Santa's reindeer?
Comet
Prancer
Blitzen
Klaxon
The name of Scrooge's deceased business partner in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol was:
Bob Cratchit
Jerry Cornelius
Bill Sykes
Jacob Marley
In North America, children put stockings out at Christmas time. Their Dutch counterparts use:
Old hats
Beer mugs
Shoes
Stockings, just like everybody else!
The poinsettia, a traditional Christmas flower, originally grew in which country?
Canada
China
Mexico
Spain
In Syria, Christmas gifts are distributed by:
The Three Kings
Tom o'Bedlam
One of the Wise Men's camels
Father Christmas
One notable medieval English Christmas celebration featured:
A giant, 165-pound pie
Snowball fights between rival courtiers
A swimming race across the English Channel
Huge crackers that sometimes exploded fatally
In Australia, usual Boxing Day activities include:
Building snowmen
Tobogganing
Wombat hunting
Surfing
Hanukkah is celebrated for how many days?
1
8
12
30
In Sweden, a Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a figurine of a goat usually made of:
Candy
Straw
Uranium
Fir wood
The real St. Nicholas lived:
At the North Pole
On the island of Malta
In Turkey
In Holland
Which of the following was not one of the Three Kings?
Caspar
Balthazar
Teleost
Melchior
In Armenia, the traditional Christmas Eve meal consists of:
Fried fish, lettuce and spinach
Square meat pies
Broiled partridges with gooseberry sauce
Turkey and plum pudding
Believe it or not, one Indiana town is called:
Christmasville
Wenceslas
Noel
Santa Claus
In Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, the nutcracker's main enemy is:
A girl called Clara
The King of the Mice
Dr. Almond
Drosselmeyer the magician
The day after Christmas is known as Boxing Day. It is also the holy day of which saint?
St. EustaceSt. Brigit
St. Brigit
St. Nicholas
St. Stephen
Greek legend: Malicious creatures, Kallikantzaroi, play pranks at Christmas. To get rid of them
Placate them with gifts of rice pudding
Burn either salt or an old shoe
Sing hymns in a loud voice
Throw your sandals at them
When visiting Finland, Santa leaves his sleigh behind and rides on:
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
A giant ptarmigan
A goat named Ukko
A flying carpet
Boar's head is a traditional dish. The unlucky boar whose head began the custom was killed by:
Choking to death on a book of Greek philosophy
King Wenceslas, who speared it from horseback
A falling fir tree
Remorse, after goring St. Nicholas
When distributing gifts in Holland, St. Nicholas is accompanied by:
His wife Lucy
His servant, Black Peter
Thirteen elves
St. Stephen
At Christmas, it is customary to exchange kisses beneath a sprig of which plant?
Ivy
Yew
Holly
Mistletoe
Who was the author of A Christmas Carol?
Mark Twain
Charles Dickens
Hans Christian Andersen
Thomas M. Sawyer
Which popular Christmas song was actually written for Thanksgiving?
Away in a Manger
Frosty the Snowman
Jingle Bells
Joy to the World
A favorite Christmas story is Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in:
Maryland
Boarding school
Wales
China
In 1647, the English parliament passed a law that:
Made Christmas illegal
Recognized Christmas as an official holiday
Let prisoners spend Christmas Day at home
Gave Santa immunity to break-and-enter charges
The world's largest Christmas cracker was made (and pulled) in which country?
Sweden
Australia
England
The United States
