Food and drinks
Holiday symbols
Christmas around the world
Christmas songs
Traditions
100

What traditional Christmas dessert in the UK is made with dried fruits and often set on fire before serving?

Christmas pudding

100

What are two traditional decorations people use on a Christmas tree?

Lights / baubles, glass balls/ tinsel, garland

100

In this country people decorate their houses with bunches of 'Christmas Bush' a native tree with small green leaves and cream colored flowers which turn deep shiny red. On Boxing Day most people go and visit their friends and often have barbecues.

Australia

100

Finish the lyric: Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the...?

Way

100

What do people in the UK usually pull at the table during Christmas dinner?

Christmas crackers

200

What is the traditional meat served at Christmas dinner in the UK?

Turkey

200

What is the name of the star that guided the Wise Men?

The Star of Bethlehem

200

In this country one of the biggest celebrations is St. Lucy's Day on December 13th remembering a young Christian girl who was martyred and killed for her faith in 304. On Christmas Eve people prepare a 'julbord' which is a buffet table with a lot of fish dishes and drink glogg.

Sweden

200

It is a quiet and slow song about the night Jesus was born.

Silent night

200

When is the Boxing Day?

26th December

300

What is the popular Christmas drink made with eggs, milk, sugar, and often spices like nutmeg called?

Eggnog

300

What plant has red berries and green leaves used for decoration?

Holly

300

This is a very large officially bilingual and multicultural country with various traditions. Some people open their gifts on Christmas Eve and some open their stockings. People here say that their country is the home of Santa Claus but the Finnish people would disagree. However, in the capital city one of the oldest and largest Santa Claus parades in the world takes place every year.

Canada

300

Which song is about having fun during Christmas time and dancing around the Christmas tree?

Rockin´around a Christmas Tree

300

What does the British queen/king do on Christmas day?

Gives a speech

400

Which sauce is usually poured a little onto the turkey and stuffing along with the gravy?

Cranberry sauce

400

What do you call a religious folk song or popular hymn usually telling about Jesus´s birth?

Carol

400

Christmas has only been celebrated here for the last few decades as there are not many Christians. But Christmas Eve is thought of more as a romantic day in which couples spend time together and exchange presents. The most popular Christmas meal is KFC chicken.

Japan

400

It is a popular Christmas song sung by Frank Sinatra. It is about enjoying the winter season and being cozy inside, while outside the weather is cold and snow is falling.

Oh, the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go...

Let it snow!

400

In Finland, where many homes have a ___________, it’s customary on Christmas Eve to go there with the family. After that Finns continue the evening celebrations—presumably clothed.

Sauna

500

What kind of potatoes are eaten at Christmas in the USA?

Sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes

500

It is a part of the basic Christmas decoration which shows the Jesus birth from the Christmas story with other figures in a model-like landscape.

Nativity scene.

500

Christmas here is one of the most colorful in Latin America. Some homes have an artificial Christmas tree because pine and fir trees aren't common here. In the capital city there's a tradition of people rollerskating to the early morning church services from 16th to 24th December. 

Venezuela

500

This old carol is very short with only a few repeated lines but is a perfect and jolly Christmas wish.

We wish you a Merry Christmas

500

There is a festival to mark the Winter Solstice called ‘The Burning of the Clocks’ which is celebrated in Brighton. The event includes a parade with as many as 1,000 participants every year and ends with the burning a massive clock. It takes place on the shortest day of the year which is on __________  when Brits show their displeasure by burning their clocks!

21st December