Language
Joyeux Noël means Merry Christmas in what language?
French
The Norwegian royal family lived in exile in London during WWII. Now they gift what to the city for Christmas each year?
A Norwegian Spruce Christmas Tree for Trafalgar Square
A Nisse is a Christmas gnome from what culture?
Nordic/Scandinavian
On this holiday, celebrated in Germany, Poland, Hungary, and other European countries, children put their shoes outside for St. Nicholas to fill them with sweets.
St. Nicholas Day
What is the traditional Christmas meat in Ireland?
Spiced Beef
O Tannenbaum is what language and what does it mean in English?
German, O Christmas Tree
Karavaki, the traditional custom of decorating boats, not trees, in Christmas lights, is from what country?
Greece
Caga Tió is a log with a face and legs that is fed scraps of food and then poops presents when children hit him with a stick and sing to him. What country is home to Caga Tió?
Spain (Catalonia)
Boxing Day is celebrated on what day?
December 26
Oysters are a common Christmas food in what country?
France
Bon Nadal means Merry Christmas in what language?
Catalan
The Queen’s Christmas address is a special event at 3:00 p.m. on Christmas Day in the United Kingdom. In what year was this address first televised?
1957
In contrast to St. Nicholas, Krampus punishes children who have misbehaved. Krampus is half ____ and half___?
Goat and devil
Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, is celebrated on what day?
January 6
Fermented trout is a traditional food in which country?
Norway
Sinterklass is the name for Santa Claus in what language?
Dutch
In which modern-day country was St. Nicholas born?
Turkey
Père Fouettard is a character who accompanies Saint Nicholas on his rounds dispensing lumps of coal and/or beatings to naughty children while St. Nicholas gives gifts to the well behaved. He is known mainly in the far north and eastern regions of which country?
France
In accordance with the Julian Calendar, this denomination, common in Russia, Greece, and Serbia, celebrates Christmas on January 7 instead of December 25.
Eastern Orthodox
What is the traditional fish served on Christmas in Portugal?
Cod
Wesolych Swiat means Happy Holidays in what language?
Polish
On December 24, 1223, Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of Italy, staged the first what in history?
Nativity scene
What is the name of the crotchety, fur-clad Christmas gift-bringer figure in the folklore of the Palatinate region of southwestern Germany? The figure is also preserved in Pennsylvania Dutch communities.
Belsnickel
St. Lucia day is celebrated in Sweden, Norway, and the Swedish-speaking areas of Finland on what day?
December 13
What is the traditional fish served on Christmas in the Czech Republic and Hungary?
Carp