Christmas songs
complete the line from a popular song:
"Last Christmas I gave you my heart, but the very next day you ______ _____ ______..."
gave it away
This traditionall Christmas sweet has red and white stripes.
Candy cane
Which of these names is not connected to Santa and why?
Rudolph Donner Dancer Cooker
"Cooker" is not the name of Santa's reindeer
This character stole Christmas
Grinch
Where does Santa live?
some people say he lives in the North Pole, while others are sure, he lives in Finland (Lapland). Also they say he has a Canadian passport.
Frosty is the name of a:
A) Snowman
B) Santa's reindeer
C) Santa's cat
A) Snowman (Frosty the Snowman is a children's song)
What's the name of the house which is often made at Christmas. The "building material" is a special type of cookies.
Gingerbread house
Which of the names does not belong to the list and why?
A) Weihnachtsmann
B) Joulupukki
C) Uncle Scrooge
D) Ayios Vassileios
C) Uncle Scrooge - this is a name of a character is from the cartoon "Duck Tales" and also from Charles Dickens' "a Christmas Carol", but it is not Santa's name.
A) Weihnachtsmann is the German analogue of Santa
B) Joulupukki - Finnish
D) Ayios Vassileios - Greek
Who are Schmutzi, Krampus and Black Peter and what do they have in common?
at different times and in different legends they are believed to help Santa punish the bad children
Is Santa single?
No, he has a wife - Mrs Claus (other people call her Mrs Santa).
Can you name at least 3 Christmas songs or songs about winter? (those that are often played around New Year and Christmas)
Abba's Happy New Year
Jingle Bell Rock
Last Christmas
Let is Snow
Merry Christmas Everyone
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Some kids leave this food (and drink) for Santa, before they go to bed on Christmas Eve.
biscuits (cookies) and a glass of milk - as a treat and signal of gratitude for presents
Which is the odd-one-out and why?
A) holy
B) cactus
C) poinsettia
D) mistletoe
B) cactus
holy, poinsettia and mistletoe are the plants most frequesntly used as Christmas decorations (originally holy and mistletoe were used as the evergreen decoration for home in the winter; poinsettia is a subtropical plant which gets its top red aroun the end of December, when Christmas is celebrated in the Western countries)
Who was left behind in the house alone, when all the family went away for the Chritmas holiday? (you must say his first name and his surname)
Kevin McCallister
What was the original colour of Santa's clothes?
Believe it or not, early pictures of Santa have him wearing green! His iconic red and white suit is believed to become so popular after the Coca Cola company used these colours in their advers in the 1930s.
Continue the line form a popular song:
"Oh what fun it is to ride in a ..."
... one horse open sleigh
Why do some families leave carrots, hay/grass and water for Santa, before they go to bed on Christmas eve?
as a treat for Santa's reindeer
Which is the odd-one-out and why?
A) in the fridge
B) in a stocking
C) in a shoe
D) under the Christmas tree
A) in the fridge - it's not the typical place where Santa leaves presents for kids
Who helps Sants to prepare the presents for the good kids?
the elves, the angels
How many reindeer pull Santa's sleigh?
He has 9 reindeer:
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen и Rudolph.
According to a Christmas song, he had a really shiny nose. Who is it?
Rudolph the reindeer
What food is mentioned in the song "We Wish you a Merry Christmas"?
A) ice cream
B) fish
C) pudding
C) pudding
"...now bring us some figgy pudding..."
Choose the odd-one-out and say why it is different:
A) bell
B) candy cane
C) gingerbread man
D) baubles
D) baubles
“Christmas baubles” - balls, originally made of glass, (now mostly plastic) - are a typical Christmas decoration, which does not have religious symbolysm
What do the Scandinavian Odin (Thor's father) and Santa have in common?
There is a theory that Odin is Santa's prototype.
Who are Santa's parents?
According to one story, he was abandoned as a baby at the elves' door. No one knows his parents.