WorksheetsEast or West: Christmas Traditions Around the World
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 17mins
Christmas is celebrated ....... .
everywhere
mostly in the Western countries
in the Eastern countries
only in Russia
Christmas celebrates the birth of ...........
Saint Nicholas
Father Christmas
Santa Claus
Jesus Christ
Santa Claus is also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick and .......
Nicolaus Copernicus
Kris Kringle
Christoper Wren
Оliver Сromwell
The Christmas tree is actually ...... .
a birch tree
a pine tree
a fir tree
a maple tree
In Russia we celebrate Christmas on the ...... .
24th of December
25th of December
6th of January
7th of January
According to the Chinese calendar on the 22 of January 2023 the Blue Water Tiger gives way to the ................... .
Blue Earth Rat
Red Fire Ox
Black Water Rabbit
White Wooden Monkey
Kissing under the mistletoe (омела) is a popular tradition in ............ .
Russia and Belarus
England and France
China and Japan
Brazil and Argentina
Choose the wrong answer:
On Boxing Day people in the UK ..... .
give presents
visit their friends and relatives
do boxing in the gym
get presents
A novella by Charles Dickens about Mr Scrooge who is visited by the ghosts and finally is transformed into a kinder and gentler man.
Spooky Visitors
A Christmas Carol
A Ghost Story
A Haunted Mansion
A leap year is a year with an extra day (February 29) which is added nearly every four years to the calendar year. How do you knowif it’s a leap year?
It can be multiplied by 4.
It can be extracted from 4.
It is evenly divisible by 4.
Santa Claus gets into homes through the .................. .
door
chimney
ceiling
roof
Who pulls Santa's sleigh?
Three bears
Five oxen
Seven horses
Eight reindeer
What country celebrates Christmas in the middle of the summer?
the UK
China
India
Australia
On which day of the week is December 31 this year?
Saturday
Friday
Sunday
Thursday
How is the typical biscuit of Christmas called?
The Sweetbread Man
The Brownbread Man
The Gingerbread Man
The Snow Man
What is the name of this story where the events take place on Christmas Eve?
Twelfth Night
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Romeo and Juliet
"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King"
Where does Russian Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) live?
Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast
Veliky Ustyug, Vologda Oblast
Stary Oskol, Belgorod Oblast
Uglich, Yaroslavl Oblast
Ded Moroz wears a heel-length fur (a) , in red or blue, a semi-round fur (b) on his head , and (c) on his feet. He has a long white (d) . He walks with a long magic (e) .
Who are Santa's helpers?
(a)
Who was The Snow Maiden (play) written by?
Alexander Pushkin
Vasily Zhukovsky
Nikolay Nekrasov
Alexander Ostrovsky
candy
cane
gingerbread
man
fruit
cake
Christmas
pudding
silver
coin
Adding silver coins into .......................... pudding is a fun Christmas tradition. Whoever finds the coin will have luck .
apple
peach
plum
apricot
What is the name of the beast in Chinese mythology with the body of a bull and the head of a lion that would only come to feed at the Chinese New Year?
Craken
Nessie
Nian
Minotaur
Why do people in China display red paper, burn bamboo and wear red clothes on New Year's Day?
To scare away the the mythical monster Nian
To attract Nian's attention
To show their respect for the monster
Red colour in China is the symbol of ..................... .
honesty and loyalty
intelligence and wisdom
poverty and misery
forture and happiness
In Italy a witch Befana helps Santa Claus and brings presents to children.
True
False
In Danmark people stand on their chairs and "jump" into January at midnight. They believe it will bring them good luck.
True
False
In different regions of India New Year is celebrated in different months: April, May, September, October, December.
True
False
Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights is the main religious celebration in India. The festival is widely associated with the goddess of prosperity, whose name is ....... .
Ganesha
Lakshmi
Shiva
Krishna
A New Year's resolution is a tradition in which a person promises to ............................ .
to eat a lot of sweets
to be rude and greedy
to give up sports
change for the better
In Japan every New Year’s Eve temple bells ring at midnight about 108 times all over the country to let all the negative emotions go away. This tradition is called ……
Jingle Bells
Candy Cane
Joys No Kane
