Christmas traditions
What bird is cooked for Christmas dinner?
turkey
Before electricity, these were put on the trees?
candles
do we call the 24th December?
Christmas eve
Where does Santa live?
North Pole
Whose birthday is
celebrated on Christmas
Day?
Jesus Christ
Where are the presents kept before opening them?
under the Christmas tree
What is a common four letter abbreviation of Christmas?
Xmas
How do we call the 26th December?
Boxing day
Who helps Santa to make his
toys for his good little girls
and boys?
elves
Who is the mother of
Jesus?
Mary
What is hung outside on the door?
wreath
What kind of calender is opened by children leading up to Christmas?
Advent calendar
On the mantelpiece of the fireplace every child hangs its...
Christmas stockings
In which book will you
read about Ebenezer Scroodge
‘A Christmas Carol’
Who said ‘Glory to God in
the highest, and on earth
peace, good will to men’?
Angels
What kind of songs are sung?
carols
What do you kiss under?
mistletoe
At Christmas people eat Christmas ---------------------- with a coin inside
pudding
London’s Trafalgar Square
Christmas tree is
traditionally given by which
country?
Norway
What city was Jesus born
in?
Bethlehem
What plant with red berries is used for decorations?
holly
What are pulled at the table?
crackers
Father Christmas has nine ---------------------and the first is called----------------, name two more
reindeers/ Rudolph/ Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen
From which country does
the Christmas carol
‘Silent Night’ originate?
Austria
Caspar, Melchior, Balthazar are the three .... who came to visit the baby Jesus in the manger. How were they called?
three wise men