Christmas is a festival celebrated annually in various countries. It is a religious and cultural festival mainly celebrated by the Christians in commemoration of the birth of the Jesus Christ. People prepare a variety of special foods and decorate the churches on a particular day. This post provides 50+ Christmas trivia questions to enhance your knowledge about the Christmas Eve. It includes information about the history and traditions and customs of celebrating the day of Christmas.
Christmas Trivia Quiz
1. Why the festival of Christmas is celebrated?
Show AnswerTo remember the birth of Jesus Christ2. Who mostly celebrate the day of Christmas?
Show AnswerChristians3. On which date this festival is celebrated?
Show AnswerDecember 254. Which type of celebrating Christmas is?
Show AnswerCultural and religious5. What Christians believes about the main purpose of celebrating Christmas?
Show AnswerThey believe that God came into the world as a man to atone the sins of humanity6. What is the main custom associated with Christmas?
Show AnswerGift giving7. Which name is referred to the Christmas feast by the Anglo-Saxons?
Show AnswerThey referred to it as “mid-winter”8. How frequently the festival of Christmas is celebrated?
Show AnswerAnnually9. For which purpose the phrase “Sun of righteousness” is used by the Christians?
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10. Where and when the first Christmas festival is celebrated?
Show AnswerIn Rome on 25 December 33611. What was the oldest Christmas time traditions?
Show AnswerViewing of the Native Play12. What are the special meals for Christmas Eve in the majority of the regions?
Show Answer“Sicily”, where 12 kinds of fishes are served13. Which has the famous Christmas song emerged in the 18th century?
Show Answer“Deck the Halls”14. Name some corals composed by John Rutter.
Show AnswerAll Bells in Paradise, Angels’ Corals, Jesus Child, Star Coral, etc15. What are the special desserts prepared on Christmas day?
Show AnswerChristmas pudding, mince pies, fruit cake, and Yule log cakeChristmas Trivia Quiz and Answers
16. Who reconceived Christmas as a holiday in the early 19th century?
Show AnswerWashington Irving, Charles Dickens, and some other authors17. Why 25 December is celebrated for Christmas?
Show AnswerIt was the date of the winter solstice on the Roman calendar18. According to the Christians which day was chosen by Jesus to be born?
Show AnswerThe shortest day of the year19. Who wrote the novel “A Christmas Carol”?
Show AnswerCharles Dickens10. When and why the novel was written?
Show AnswerIn 1843, to revive the spirit of the Christmas21. Which phrase in popular in accordance with the Christmas?
Show Answer“Merry Christmas”22. Which term became a synonym for miser?
Show AnswerScrooge23. Who produced the first commercial Christmas card?
Show AnswerSir Henry Cole24. When the first commercial Christmas card was produced?
Show AnswerIn 184325. To whom Queen Victoria married with?
Show AnswerWith her German cousin Prince Albert
Christmas Trivia Quiz UK
26. When Christmas day became a bank holiday in the UK?
Show AnswerIn 183427. When the Christmas tree was introduced in Britain?
Show AnswerIn the early 19th century28. Which famous image was published in The Illustrated London News in 1848?
Show AnswerAn image of the British royal family with their Christmas tree at Windsor Castle29. Up to the 1950s, Christmas was restricted to?
Show AnswerUpper class and better-off families30. Where a modified version of this image was published?
Show AnswerIn the United States31. In which year this modified version of the image was published in the United States?
Show AnswerIn 185032. What are the special foods served on Christmas Eve in the UK?
Show AnswerThe meal includes turkey, goose or other large bird, gravy, potatoes, vegetables, sometimes bread and cider33. When the interest of Americans at Christmas had been revived?
Show AnswerIn the 1820s34. Who wrote the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”?
Show AnswerClement Clark Moore35. Which custom was popularized by this famous poem?
Show AnswerThe custom of gift-giving36. When the national papers were published on Christmas day in the UK?
Show AnswerUntil 191237. What does the Maltese serve on the Christmas day?
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Christmas Trivia Quiz Questions
38. Which Christmas book was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Show Answer“The First Christmas in New England”39. What was the complaint regarding Christmas in this book?
Show AnswerThe complaint was that the true meaning of Christmas was lost in a shopping spree40. What was observed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1856?
Show AnswerA transition state about Christmas in New England41. Which is the First Congregational Church of Rockford?
Show AnswerIllinois42. How many states adopted Christmas as a legal holiday in 1860?
Show AnswerFourteen43. Who introduced the Christmas card to Americans?
Show AnswerLouis Prang44. What name was given to Louis Prang?
Show Answer“Father of the American Christmas card”45. When Christmas was formally declared as a federal holiday in the United States?
Show AnswerOn June 28, 1870
46. Name some countries where Christmas is not a formal public holiday?
Show AnswerAfghanistan, Algeria, Iran, Kuwait, Pakistan, Turkey, Yemen, etc.47. Which is the period of highest annual church attendance?
Show AnswerChristmas along with Easter48. What do the candles on each window demonstrate at the Christmas festival?
Show AnswerIt shows that Christians believes that Jesus Christ is the ultimate light of the world49. What are the traditional Christmas decorations?
Show AnswerBells, candles, candy canes, stockings wreaths, and angels50. When the United States the custom of putting up a Christmas tree?
Show AnswerBy the 1870s51. Which plant is associated with the Christmas?
Show Answer“Poinsettia”, a native plant from Mexico52. What are other holiday plants?
Show AnswerHolly, Mistletoe, Red amaryllis, and Christmas cactus
Christmas Trivia Quiz Multiple Choice
53. According to a survey in 2010 by LifeWay Christian Resources,______ in ten Americans attend church services during Christmas season.
A) Seven B) Four
C) Six D) Nine
Show AnswerC) Six54. In the United Kingdom, the Church of England reported an estimated attendance of _________ people at Christmas services in 2015.
A) 3 million B) 2 million
C) 5 million D) 1 million
Show AnswerC) 5 million55. The first commercially produced Christmas decorations appeared in _________.
A) France B) Germany
C) Italy D) Turkey
Show AnswerB) Germany56. Nativity scenes are known from _________ Rome.
A) 6th century B) 8th century
C) 10th century D) 9th century
Show AnswerC) 10th century57. The traditional colors of Christmas decorations are _________.
A) Red, blue, and yellow B) Red, pink, and green
C) Red, white, and black D) Red, green, and gold
Show AnswerD) Red, green, and gold58. The Christmas tree was first used German Lutherans in the _________.
A) 16th century B) 14th century
C) 12th century D) 10th century
Show AnswerA) 16th century59. The English famous phrase “Christmas tree” first recorded in _________.
A) 1835 B) 1935
C) 1830 D) 1930
Show AnswerA) 183560. In Poland and other Eastern Europe, _________ is served as the main course on Christmas day.
A) Fish B) Turkey
C) Beef D) Vegetables
Show AnswerA) Fish61. When the film ‘White Christmas’ released?
A) 1953 B) 1954
C) 1955 D) 1956
Show AnswerB) 195462. Which country first invented Eggnog?
A) France B) USA
C) UK D) Italy
Show AnswerC) UK63. What was the original color of Candy canes?
A) White B) White and Red
C) White and Blue D) White and Yellow
Show AnswerA) White64. According to the song ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’, how many type of birds are there?
A) Four B) Five
C) Six D) Seven
Show AnswerD) Seven65. What is the traditional fruit cake of Germany?
A) Chocolate Cake B) Stollen
C) Frosting D) Sponge Cake
Show AnswerB) Stollen66. What does a female Turkey called?
A) A hen B) A queen
C) A mare D) An ewe
Show AnswerA) A hen
