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Christmas trivia
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Christmas trivia
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Christmas trivia questions and answers
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In which part of Europe did modern Christmas trees originate?
Answer Central Europe and the Baltic region
Especially Germany and Livonia (today's Estonia and Latvia), in early modern Europe.
Source: Wikipedia: Christmas treeWho wrote A Christmas Carol, and when was it first published?
Answer Charles Dickens, in 1843
It was first published in London, with illustrations by John Leech.
Source: Wikipedia: A Christmas CarolIn A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is visited by three spirits and the ghost of which old business partner?
Answer Jacob Marley
Source: Wikipedia: A Christmas CarolSilent Night was first sung on Christmas Eve 1818, in a village church in which present-day country?
Answer Austria
The church was in Oberndorf, on the Salzach river.
Source: Wikipedia: Silent NightWhat does the X in Xmas stand for?
Answer The Greek letter chi
Chi is the first letter of Christós, the Greek word for Christ.
Source: Wikipedia: XmasRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer first appeared in a 1939 booklet from which department store?
Answer Montgomery Ward
Robert L. May wrote it.
Source: Wikipedia: Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReindeerIn Western Christian countries, on which date is Saint Nicholas Day?
Answer 6 December
Some celebrate on its eve, 5 December.
Source: Wikipedia: Saint Nicholas DayWhat is the traditional name for the last night of the Twelve Days of Christmas?
Answer Twelfth Night
Source: Wikipedia: Twelve Days of ChristmasSource: folger.eduThe poinsettia is native to Central America and which country?
Answer Mexico
Source: Wikipedia: PoinsettiaWhich US president lit the first National Christmas Tree, on 24 December 1923?
Answer Calvin Coolidge
Source: Wikipedia: National Christmas Tree (United States)Who composed the music for The Nutcracker?
Answer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The ballet dates from 1892 and is set on Christmas Eve.
Source: Wikipedia: The NutcrackerKris Kringle is an Americanized spelling of which German name for the Christmas gift-bringer?
Answer Christkindl
Source: Wikipedia: ChristkindTradition says a Londoner invented the Christmas cracker in 1847. What was his name?
Answer Tom Smith
Source: Wikipedia: Christmas crackerIn Japan, which restaurant chain's chicken became a Christmas custom after an advertising campaign in the 1970s?
Answer KFC
Source: Wikipedia: Christmas in JapanIn which year did the first Christmas tree go up at Rockefeller Center in New York?
Answer 1931
Construction workers decorated a 20-foot balsam fir on Christmas Eve.
Source: Wikipedia: Rockefeller Center Christmas TreeIn which year did Christmas become a United States federal holiday?
Answer 1870
It was declared on June 28, 1870.
Source: Wikipedia: Christmas
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Answers checked on November 11, 2026 against the sources linked under each one.