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Christmas music trivia
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Christmas song trivia
Who wrote it, who sang it first, and what Jingle Bells used to be called. Seventeen questions for the people who know every Christmas song.
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Christmas music quiz questions and answers
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Who wrote 'White Christmas'?
Answer Irving Berlin
He wrote it for the 1942 film Holiday Inn, and it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Source: Wikipedia: White Christmas (song)In which year did Mariah Carey release 'All I Want for Christmas Is You'?
Answer 1994
It was on her first holiday album, Merry Christmas.
Source: Wikipedia: All I Want for Christmas Is YouWhat was 'Jingle Bells' called when James Lord Pierpont first copyrighted it in 1857?
Answer 'The One Horse Open Sleigh'
Source: Wikipedia: Jingle BellsWhich band recorded 'Last Christmas' in 1984?
Answer Wham!
George Michael wrote it in his childhood bedroom.
Source: Wikipedia: Last ChristmasWho sang 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' (1958)?
Answer Brenda Lee
Source: Wikipedia: Brenda LeeWho wrote and first recorded 'Feliz Navidad', in 1970?
Answer José Feliciano
Source: Wikipedia: Feliz Navidad (song)Who wrote 'The Christmas Song' in 1945?
Answer Robert Wells and Mel Tormé
Source: Wikipedia: The Christmas SongWho wrote the 1984 charity single 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'?
Answer Bob Geldof and Midge Ure
It raised money for the famine in Ethiopia.
Source: Wikipedia: Do They Know It's Christmas?Which singer sings with the Pogues on 'Fairytale of New York'?
Answer Kirsty MacColl
Source: Wikipedia: Fairytale of New YorkWhich singing cowboy recorded both 'Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer' and 'Here Comes Santa Claus'?
Answer Gene Autry
Source: Wikipedia: Gene AutrySource: autry.comWho first sang 'Santa Baby', in 1953?
Answer Eartha Kitt
Source: Wikipedia: Santa BabyWho made 'Blue Christmas' famous?
Answer Elvis Presley
Doye O'Dell recorded it first, in 1948.
Source: Wikipedia: Blue Christmas (song)'Carol of the Bells' comes from which Ukrainian choral piece?
Answer 'Shchedryk', by Leontovych
He built it on a four-note motif from a Ukrainian anthology.
Source: Wikipedia: Carol of the BellsWhich couple made 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'?
Answer John Lennon and Yoko Ono
It grew out of their peace campaigning, starting with the bed-ins of 1969.
Source: Wikipedia: Happy Xmas (War Is Over)Which instrument is Tchaikovsky's 'Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy' famous for?
Answer The celesta
The dance is from The Nutcracker.
Source: Wikipedia: CelestaWho sings 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' in the 1944 film Meet Me in St. Louis?
Answer Judy Garland
Source: Wikipedia: Have Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasWho composed 'Sleigh Ride'?
Answer Leroy Anderson
He had the idea during a heat wave in July 1947.
Source: Wikipedia: Sleigh Ride
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Answers checked on November 11, 2026 against the sources linked under each one.