Geography
Which city is officially known as "The Christmas Capital of Canada"?
Winnipeg
What name is given to small sausages wrapped in bacon, a staple at a British Christmas dinner?
Pigs in blankets
Pigs in blankets are traditionally served with roast turkey at Christmas Dinner in the United Kingdom.
Where was baby Jesus born?
Bethlehem
Where was St. Nicholas born?
Turkey
It is believed that Nicholas was born sometime around 280 A.D. in Patara, near Myra in modern-day Turkey.
What is Santa called in the United Kingdom (Great Britain, England)?
Father Christmas.
Every year, Nova Scotia donate their largest Christmas tree to which US city?
Boston
This is because Boston provided Nova Scotia with a great deal of help and aid after the Halifax Explosion in 1917.
Which country can be credited with the creation of the Christmas beverage, eggnog?
What words follow "Silent Night" in the song?
Holy Night
Which real-life person is Santa Claus based on?
The Christian bishop St. Nicholas
One foggy Christmas Eve, Santa needed help guiding his sleigh through the stormy night. Who did he ask for help?
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer!
Every holiday season, Canadians spend millions on poinsettia plants. Where were they originally grown?
Mexico
Which Christmas food is considered good luck to eat one of on each of the 12 days of Christmas?
Mince Pies
What country was the first to use the tradition of Christmas trees?
Germany
Germany is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition as we now know it in the 16th century when devout Christians brought decorated trees into their homes. Some built Christmas pyramids of wood and decorated them with evergreens and candles if wood was scarce.
What are the two most popular names for Santa Claus?
Kris Kringle and Saint Nick
What are the names of the original eight reindeer that pull Santa’s sleigh?
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen.
Which of the following do not allow retail shopping on Boxing Day, Dec. 26?
a) New Brunswick, P.E.I. and Newfoundland and Labrador
b) Manitoba and Saskatchewan
c) Alberta and British Columbia
d) Quebec
New Brunswick, P.E.I. and Newfoundland and Labrador
A Most retailers in these Atlantic provinces defer sales to the day after Boxing Day. In 2006, Nova Scotia lifted its shopping ban on Boxing Day. However, last year the majority of stores stuck by tradition and remained closed on Dec. 26.
What was the first company that used Santa Claus in advertising?
Coca-Cola
Which was the first country to issue a Christmas postage stamp?
Canada
The story of the world's first Christmas stamp begins in the summer of 1898, in London, England, with a Canadian, William Mulock.
Santa Claus is known by many names. What is the French name for Santa Claus?
Pere Noel
Who wrote the poem “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas?”
Who wrote the poem “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas?”
In Labrador, which vegetables are saved from the summer harvest, hollowed out, fitted with a candle and given to children at Christmas?
Turnips.
Hollowed-out turnips with a candle inside are a unique Labrador holiday tradition. Meanwhile, in Labrador City, there's a Christmas Light-Up Contest, in which people decorate their property with sparkling lights and ice sculptures.
Visions of which food danced in children's heads as they slept in the poem "'Twas The Night Before Christmas?"
Sugar plums
Which country has a tradition of a witch dropping gifts for children through the chimney at Christmas?
Italy
Italy's La Befana, sometimes called the Christmas witch, delivers gifts the night before Epiphany, leaving her presents in shoes set by the fireplace. While La Befana wasn't making widespread deliveries in the early United States, other mythical holiday gift-bringers were.
Who did Santa bring back to life?
A melted Frosty.
In what decade did NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) first track Santa on Christmas Eve?
1955