🎄🎄Test Your Festive Knowledge: Can You Ace This 24-Question Christmas Challenge? 🎄🎄

Christmas Challenge

Questions

1 What public holiday follows Christmas Day?

2 Which traditional South African dessert often replaces Christmas pudding?

3 What is a common December concern for South Africans?

4 What does the word ‘Christmas’ mean?

5 In which country did the tradition of decorating Christmas trees begin?

6 What plant is traditionally used for kissing at Christmas?

7 Who is said to deliver presents on Christmas Eve?

8 What colour is the suit that Father Christmas wears?

9 Which reindeer is famous for having a red nose?

10 What food is traditionally left out for Santa in many countries?

11 What is the traditional Christmas flower?

12 Which country is credited with the first Christmas cards?

13 What meat is traditionally eaten at Christmas in many Western countries?

14 What goes at the top of a Christmas tree?

15 Which country has a tradition of eating KFC on Christmas Day?

16 Where is Santa’s workshop?

17 What does the term Noel mean?

18 What animal is commonly associated in Christmas nativity scenes?

19 Which of Father Christmas’ reindeer was created specifically for a 1939 advertising campaign?

20 Which famous author wrote A Christmas Carol?

21 What fruit was historically used to decorate early Christmas trees?

22 What material were early tinsel decorations made from?

23 Where do reindeer come from?

24 How many reindeer pull Santa's sleigh and what are their names?

Answers

1 Day of Goodwill (formerly Boxing Day). 2 Trifle or malva pudding. 3 Road safety and drunk driving. 4 It comes from ‘Christ’s Mass’, celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. 5 Germany. 6 Mistletoe. 7 Santa Claus (Father Christmas). 8 Red. 9 Rudolph. 10 Cookies (or biscuits) and milk. Poinsettia. 12 England. 13 Turkey. 14 star or an angel. 15 Japan. 16 At the North Pole. 17 Christmas or “birth” (from French). 18 A donkey (and other stable animals). 19 Rudolph. 20 Charles Dickens. 21 Apples. 22 Silver. 23 Reindeer are native to Arctic and subarctic regions of the world, namely: Northern Europe, Russia, North America – Alaska and Canada (where they are known as carbou), and Greenland. 24 Nine – The original eight from the famous poem (Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen) and the popular ninth member, Rudolph, who leads the way with his glowing nose. While the classic poem introduced the first eight, Rudolph was added later in a 1939 story by Robert L. May, becoming a permanent part of the team.  (see links for more info)

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