Quiz  /  Everything You Need To Know About Christmas Quiz

  • 1. 
    When was December 25 first identified as the day when Jesus was born?

  • 3rd century CE
  • 10th century CE
  • 1st century CE
  • 15th century CE

  • 2. 
    Immigrants of which nationality are credited with importing the tradition of Santa Claus to the Americas?

  • English
  • Italian
  • French
  • Dutch

  • 3. 
    Who wrote the 1822 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (also called “The Night Before Christmas”)?

  • Clement Clarke Moore
  • Emma Lazarus
  • Emily Dickinson
  • Herman Melville

  • 4. 
    George Frideric Handel’s Messiah was originally written for Easter.

  • True
  • False

  • 5. 
    Which festival commemorates the visit of the Magi to Jesus?

  • Pentecost
  • Advent
  • Christmas
  • Epiphany

  • 6. 
    What is the gift given in the eighth verse of the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas”?

  • Ladies dancing
  • Lords a-leaping
  • Maids a-milking
  • Pipers piping

  • 7. 
    Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean, got its name because European explorers sailed past it on Christmas Day.

  • True
  • False

  • 8. 
    Which country would you be in if Jultomte brought you a present on Christmas Eve?

  • Russia
  • Hungary
  • Sweden
  • Brazil

  • 9. 
    Which famous Christmas song was written by Irving Berlin?

  • “White Christmas”
  • “(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays”
  • “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
  • “Rudoph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”

  • 10. 
    The first commercially produced Christmas cards were made in the United States.

  • True
  • False

  • 11. 
    Which pagan festival may have influenced the date of Christmas?

  • Samhain
  • Tubilustrium
  • dies natalis
  • dies solis invicti nati

  • 12. 
    When was the first recorded use of candles to decorate fir trees, a precursor to strands of electric lights on Christmas trees?

  • 1605
  • 1611
  • 1600
  • 1595

  • 13. 
    How many candles did the first Advent wreaths have?

  • 24
  • 5
  • 12
  • 4

  • 14. 
    What was one reason Puritans in Old and New England opposed the celebration of Christmas?

  • its association with paganism
  • its association with the Church of England
  • the tradition of gift-giving
  • its association with Roman Catholicism

  • 15. 
    When is the feast day of St. Nicholas, when St. Nicholas traditionally brings candy and other small gifts to children?

  • December 26
  • December 6
  • December 12
  • December 24
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