Know Of Any Good Christmas Trivia Questions?
October 15, 2009 by Mistress Spank
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I am putting together a game for a family party. Age ranges 5 years to 65years old, so all questions (and answers) appreciated!
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do you know the 12 days of christmas song without looking it up??
it will take them awhile to name them all
The real St. Nicholas was a bishop in the early 4th century who hailed from a region known today as Turkey.
TRUE
Saint Nicholas was born around 280 AD near Myra in modern-day Turkey. He is said to have given away all of his wealth and devoted his life to helping the poor often by anonymously leaving small gifts for those in need. Admired for his kindness and piety, he became known as the patron saint of children and sailors (among many others). The legend of St. Nicholas spread, and by the Renaissance, he was the most popular saint in Europe. In Holland, where he was called “Sint Nikolaas” or “Sinter Klaas,” he developed into a Christmas gift-giver. Dutch immigrants brought the tradition to America, where his name eventually became the familiar ‘Santa Claus
Any weekend day immediately before Christmas Day will see more sales than ‘Black Friday,’ the Friday after Thanksgiving.
TRUE
Thumpity-Thump-Thump …………what brought Frosty the Snowman to life?
An old silk hat
The Christmas song, “Silent Night,” was first sung in a church in what country?
The carol was first sung as part of a church service in Oberndorf, Austria in 1818.
Although the light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison in 1879, Christmas tree lights did not make their first appearance until:
1895
In 1895 a New England Telephone employee, Ralph Morris, while looking at the newly installed strings of lights made for the telephone switchboard decided to take some home to decorate his tree with. And/or it may be attributed to Thomas Edison’s partner, Edward Johnson for inventing of the first string of lights around the same time as Ralph Morris. This was done for safety reasons as lit candles had been used on Christmas trees until this time.
In the classic Christmas movie “It’s A Wonderful Life,” how do you know that an angel has received his wings?
ANS: A bell rings
The poinsettia, a traditional Christmas flower, is indigenous to what country?
Mexico
In Mexico, the poinsettia is known as the ‘Flower of the Holy Night’. It was first brought to America by Joel Poinsett of Charleston, SC in 1826. The plant was first called “painted leaf” and “Mexican fire plant.” Later it was renamed POINSETTIA (Poinsettia pulcherrima) in Mr. Poinsett’s honor.
Who is responsible for giving us the ‘modern image’ of Santa Claus that we all know today as a chubby man in a red suit?
It wasn’t Coca-Cola as many believe but rather Thomas Nast and Louis Prang
Thomas Nast was the first and most influential American celebrity cartoonist and illustrator, famous for helping to turn out New York’s corrupt politicians and for creating the modern image of Santa Claus we all know today as a chubby, bearded, jolly fellow. Nast also came up with the image of an *** to represent Democrats (around 1870) and an elephant to represent Republicans (1874). Now officially embraced icons, the animal symbols of the two political parties were meant by Nast to be unflattering.
Louis Prang, a Boston printer, is credited with dressing Santa Claus in a red suit in 1885.
Which President started the annual tradition of the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on the White House lawn?
“Silent” Cal Coolridge started the annual tradition of the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on the White House lawn in 1923.
In the classic Christmas movie, A Christmas Story (You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out Kid!), Ralphie receives a Red Ryder BB gun for his Christmas present. What does Ralphie’s mom give his dad as a Christmas present?
A blue bowling ball
Ralphie’s dad also received a female “leg lamp” but this was a “major award,” not an XMAS present.
What department store created Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
Montgomery Ward
In 1939, Montgomery Ward asked one of their copywriters, 34-year-old Robert L. May, to come up with a Christmas story coloring book they could give away to shoppers as a promotional gimmick. Montgomery Ward distributed 2.4 million copies of the Rudolph booklet in 1939, and although wartime paper shortages curtailed printing for the next several years, a total of 6 million copies had been given away by the end of 1946.
In what year was the song Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer first recorded?
1949
What singer first recorded the song Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
Gene Autry, the singing cowboy
The singer in the previous question, who first sang the song Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, also first sang another light-hearted Christmas song. What was the name of this song?
Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
The flip side of the 1949 record Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) that was first recorded two years earlier in 1947.
In the movie, It’s a Wonderful Life, how much money did Uncle Billy inadvertently lose (read misplace) inside Mr. Potter’s newspaper?
$8,000
Christians celebrate Christmas on December 25 because that’s when Jesus was born.
FALSE
The date of Jesus’ birth is not mentioned in the Bible. In fact, the context of the story of the birth of Jesus indicates that it occurred in the springtime. There are many theories as to why Christmas is celebrated on December 25, the most common of which holds that the date was chosen by Christians to overshadow a pagan festival celebrating the winter solstice
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tracks Santa and his reindeer across the sky every year on Christmas Eve.
TRUE
The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created as a holiday promotion for a department store.
TRUE
The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created as a holiday promotion for a department store. The story evolved over the years into a song recorded by Gene Autry in 1949 and a 1964 TV special that has since become the longest-running holiday special in television history.
Abbreviating Christmas as XMAS “takes the Christ out of Christmas.”
FASLE
Abbreviating Christmas as Xmas doesn’t really “take the Christ out of Christmas.” The X in “Xmas” stands for the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter in Christos, the Greek word for “Christ,” and a commonly used symbol to represent the name of Christ in religious writings.
The poinsettia plant is highly toxic and eating the leaves can kill a person or pet.
FALSE
The rumor that poinsettias are poisonous was started in 1919 when the 2-year-old child of an Army officer died, and ingestion of poinsettia leaves was assumed to be the cause. This was never proven, and no deaths from poinsettias have been reported since.
It was once against the law to publicly celebrate Christmas in Massachusetts.
TRUE
President Theodore Roosevelt would not allow Christmas trees in his home–not even in the White House.
TRUE
President Theodore Roosevelt was an ardent conservationist and did not approve of cutting down trees for Christmas. Hoping to set an example as president, he banned Christmas trees from the White House
In the now classic seasonal movie, ‘A Christmas Story,’ Peter Billingsley played the lead character, Ralphie Parker, who wanted a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. What was the name of the character who played the bully with the furry hat in the movie and whom Ralphie, in a wild frenzy, beat up in a fight?
Scut Farkas played by Zach Ward
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has thousands of great Christmas trivia questions.
here are some good ones… http://www.xmasfun.com/fun/trivia/Misc.a…
Use questions from Christmas Movies, Christmas Music, etc.