christmas quiz

1. What fact about the Christmas tree is NOT true?

A. Artificial Christmas trees have outsold real ones every year since 1991.

B. Nova Scotia is the world’s leading exporter of Christmas trees.

C. Franklin Pierce was the first president to decorate an official White House Christmas tree.

D. The Christmas tree was chosen to represent this sacred holiday because its shape points the way to heaven.

D. The Christmas tree was chosen to represent this sacred holiday because its shape points the way to heaven.

QQ: OK, so maybe that’s true, but QuizQueen can’t prove that fact, as reasonable as it sounds, because it wasn’t in any of the posts you dug up for this quiz.

2. Can you name the popular Christmas song that was actually written for Thanksgiving?

A. Jingle Bells

B. Encountered a midnight glade

CI saw mommy kissing santa claus

D. Away in the manger

A. Jingle Bells

QQ: The song was composed in 1857 by James Pierpont and was originally called One Horse Open Sleigh. When you think about it, the words make a lot more sense that way…

3. In what year were electric Christmas tree lights first used?

D.1865

b.1895

c.1905

D.1932

b.1895

QQ: American Ralph E. Morris had the brilliant idea that electric Christmas lights would be safer than using candles.

4. Good King Wenceslas was king of which country?

A. Bohemian

B.England

C.Germany

D.Morocco

A. Bohemian.

QQ: Who knows why those bohemians always get such a bad rap? Although, history says that Wenceslaus, who lived in the 10th century, was just a duke, not a king at all.

5. In 8971, the New York Sun newspaper wrote a famous answer to a girl’s question: “Yes, _______, there is a Santa Claus.” Can you name that girl?

A. Maria

B.Charlotte

C.Vidalia

D.Virginia

D.Virginia

QQ: Virginia O’Hanlon to be exact! Too bad for you, if you missed it.

6. Can you name Scrooge’s dead business partner from Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol”?

A.Jacob Marley

B. Tiny Tim

C. Bob Cratchett

D. Old William

A.Jacob Marley

QQ: The first of the four spirits to appear to Scrooge on that fateful Christmas Eve was that of Jacob Marley, his former business partner.

7. One of the pagan traditions that Christians have incorporated into their Christmas celebration includes the hanging mistletoe. Which of these is NOT an ancient pagan belief?

A. Ancient Europeans believed that the mistletoe plant had magical powers to bestow life and fertility, as well as to protect against disease.

B. French girls used to slip sprigs of mistletoe under their pillows to dream of their future husbands.

C. The Celts believed that mistletoe brought peace and goodwill.

D. Northern Europeans associated mistletoe with the Norse goddess of love, Freya, and developed the custom of kissing under mistletoe branches.

B. French girls used to slip sprigs of mistletoe under their pillows to dream of their future husbands.

QQ: That was difficult, wasn’t it? QuizQueen is so smart…

8. While the Christmas tree today is an enduring symbol of the season, it wasn’t always a Christmas tradition. Which historical fact is NOT true?

A. According to legend, Martin Luther, the founder of German Protestantism, while walking through the woods on Christmas Eve was so moved by the starlit fir trees that he brought one inside and decorated it with candles to remember his children. God’s creation.

B. In 1841, Prince Albert of Germany gave his wife, Queen Victoria of England, a Christmas tree. It is said that this was the first Christmas tree in England, but the custom spread quickly.

C. German immigrants brought the Christmas tree to Europe, the United States, and Canada, where it soon became a popular tradition.

D. On a gamble, 11-year-old PT Barnum began selling trees in Connecticut in 1821, telling his brands that they were in fashion. Soon the fashion spread throughout the country and became a tradition, thus establishing his maxim “Every minute a piglet is born”.

D. On a gamble, 11-year-old PT Barnum began selling trees in Connecticut in 1821, telling his brands that they were in fashion. Soon the fashion spread throughout the country and became a tradition, thus establishing his maxim “Every minute a piglet is born”.

QQ: Good old PT Barnum tried to sell just about everything, and indeed he may have sold Christmas trees, but I doubt he sold them at that age!

9. Many people are familiar with the term “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, but not everyone knows where it originated. Can you choose the correct explanation?

A. The Twelve Days of Christmas represent the number of days that Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem.

B. The Twelve Days of Christmas represent the time that the three wise men from the East traveled to reach the Baby Jesus after his birth.

C. The Twelve Days of Christmas represent the number of reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh.

D. The Twelve Days of Christmas represent the time needed to celebrate the birthday of Good King Wenceslas.

B. The Twelve Days of Christmas represent the time that the three wise men from the East traveled to reach the Baby Jesus after his birth.

PQ: And you thought you didn’t learn anything practical in Sunday school?

10. Who hasn’t wondered what “wassail” is and why people ask for it at Christmas? Let’s see if you can guess…

A. Wassail comes from the Old Norse “Ves Heill” meaning “to be in good health”, so when neighbors visited on Christmas Eve, they drank to each other’s health.

B. Wassail comes from the Old German “Ves Heill” and means “avoid hell”, so loved ones would share this sentiment with each other on Christmas Eve in preparation for the birth of Christ.

C. Wassail comes from the ancient Celtic “Ves Heill” and means “to drink”, so it is naturally associated with all festive occasions.

D. Wassail comes from Old English “Ves Heill” meaning drink of angels and eventually became associated with Christmas.

A. Wassail comes from the Old Norse “Ves Heill” meaning “to be in good health”, so when neighbors visited on Christmas Eve, they drank to each other’s health.

QQ: Sometimes The QuizQueen can be very, very silly.

11. Everyone loves receiving them, but dreads going through the annual holiday ritual of sending Christmas cards. So who do we NOT have to thank/blame?

A. Medieval Europeans exchanging religious woodblock prints for Christmas.

B. English illustrator John Calcott Horsley, who created the first modern Christmas card in 1843 depicting a family celebration with the title “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you.”

C. German-American printer Louis Prang, who made advances in color lithography that allowed him to mass-produce colorful Christmas cards in 1875.

D. Desmond Hallmark, who had a surplus of Arbor Day cards depicting a fir tree and decided to unload them by the box simply by printing Merry Christmas on the trees in red ink.

D. Desmond Hallmark, who had a surplus of Arbor Day cards depicting a fir tree and decided to unload them by the box simply by printing Merry Christmas on the trees in red ink.

QQ: While everyone except poor Desmond can be held responsible, QuizQueen really blames Louis!

12. Remember that fuchsia sweater Aunt Edna knitted for your Christmas present last year? Don’t blame Aunt Edna, she’s not the one who started the tradition of giving Christmas gifts, so who is she?

A. Those three wise men who visited the stable where Jesus was born.

B. The ancient Romans who exchanged gifts to bring good fortune for the new year.

C. Mark Antony, who was always looking for new ways to please Cleopatra.

D. The ancient Greeks who sought to place the gods on Mount Olympus.

B. The ancient Romans who exchanged gifts to bring good fortune for the new year.

QQ: Of course, Aunt Edna is to blame for choosing that color. You can’t blame the Romans for that.