Christmas Quiz	

1	Common name for 26 December _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _

2	What kind of animal pulls Santa's sleigh? r _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3	Where does Santa live? T _ _   N _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _

4	Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
	Oh what fun it is to _____  in a one-______ open ______ !

5	How many days are there to the traditional Christmas festival?

6	Traditional Christmas dinner in the UK, US etc includes this meat: _ _ _ _ _ _

7	Dessert eaten after Christmas dinner: C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   p _ _ _ _ _ _

8	Country where Christmas trees are grown. N _ _ _ _ _

9	Tree with dark green prickly leaves and red berries commonly used to
	decorate homes at Christmas: h _ _ _ _

10	Mistletoe is a plant also hung in people's homes at Christmas.
	If you stand underneath this you are allowed to _ _ _ _ another person - usually
	of the opposite sex.

11	I'm dreaming of a _ _ _ _ _  Christmas. 
	(Bonus point) Which America singer made this song famous? B _ _ _   C _ _ _ _ _

12	Date of Russian Christmas:  (dd)_ _    (mm)_ _ 

13	General name of songs sung at Christmas, especially religious ones:  c_ _ _ _s

14	Bird commonly seen on Christmas cards:  r_ _ _ _

15	Piece of woman's clothing that children hang at the end of their beds for presents
	on Christmas night: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

16	Brightly coloured tube of paper containing a small toy that people pull at 
	Christmas parties - the tube breaks with a loud bang (it contains a small quantity 	of gunpowder) and one person gets the half with the toy in it. c_ _ _ _ _ _

Answers	

1	Common name for 26 December Boxing Day

2	What kind of animal pulls Santa's sleigh? reindeer

3	Where does Santa live? T he North Pole

4	Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
	Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh!

5	How many days are there to the traditional Christmas festival? 12

6	Traditional Christmas dinner in the UK, US etc includes this meat: Turkey

7	Dessert eaten after Christmas dinner: Christmas Pudding

8	Country where Christmas trees are grown. Norway

9	Tree with dark green prickly leaves and red berries commonly used to
	decorate homes at Christmas: Holly

10	Mistletoe is a plant also hung in people's homes at Christmas.
	If you stand underneath this you are allowed to kiss  another person - usually
	of the opposite sex.

11	I'm dreaming of a white Christmas. 
	(Bonus point) Which America singer made this song famous? Bing Crosby

12	Date of Russian Christmas:  (dd) 07    (mm)01

13	General name of songs sung at Christmas, especially religious ones:  carols

14	Bird commonly seen on Christmas cards:  robin

15	Piece of woman's clothing that children hang at the end of their beds for presents
	on Christmas night: stocking

16	Brightly coloured tube of paper containing a small toy that people pull at 
	Christmas parties - the tube breaks with a loud bang (it contains a small quantity 	of gunpowder) and one person gets the half with the toy in it. cracker