Christmas songs
"In a one-horse open sleigh"...
What is the name of the song?
Jingle bells
Kids leave this out for Santa at night in the USA
Milk and Cookies.
How many parts of the movie "Ёлки"?
Yolki (meaning New Year Trees), also known as Six Degrees of Celebration.
8 or 9.
As of 2021, eight films have been made in the series. It is the most successful non-animated film franchise in Russia.
In May 2022 it was announced that the film Yolki 9' has started shooting.
The beverage company that has been using commercials starring Santa Claus since the 1930's.
Coca Cola.
Who was born on Christmas Day?
Jesus / Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth.
Who wants to steal the Christmas?
The Grinch
How many tips do traditional snowflakes have?
Six
What famous popstar sings the Christmas song 'Misteltoe'?
Justin Bieber
How many days are in the advent calendar?
Advent calendars range between 22 and 28 days, depending on the day of the week for Christmas.
Name the movie about a child fighting off burglars with traps in his home.
Home Alone.
The character Santa Clause is based on the real-life person Saint Nicholas (of Myra, also known as Nicholas of Bari). What was "Saint Nick" in every day life?
The fourth-century Christian saint, Saint Nicholas, was a Monk, or Bishop.
The number of reindeer that pull Santa's Sleigh?
9
In which country is it customary to get rid of old things around New Year's Day?
In Italy
Throwing the old things out of the window is also an Italian tradition. Mostly people throw out crockery out of their windows on the New Year which symbolises that they are throwing out the waste things i.e., getting rid of evil during the year to give fresh place for new things.
What is the name of the period between the holidays of Christmas and Epiphany?
Сочельник (Christmas Eve)
Святки (Yuletide)
Колядки (Carols)
Святки (Yuletide)
Who sings the song that starts with "Last Christmas I gave you my heart"?
George Michael / Wham
What do naughty kids get at Christmas?
Lump of Coal.
What animated film is about a train that carries kids to the North Pole
The Polar express.
We all know that Rudolph has a red nose, but does he have antlers?
Yes
The game where you give each other anonymous Christmas gifts is called?
Secret Santa
The name of the Grinch's pet dog?
Who is Max.
The country where Santa Claus' year round residential home is located in.
What is the Arctic Circle in Finland? Lapland
Continue:
With the kids jingle-belling
And everyone telling you
________
"Be of good cheer"
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" by Andy Williams.
The name of a famous Russian ballet about Christmas is?
The Nutcracker, the 1892 ballet by Tchaikovsky.
Around which address is the plot of "Irony of Fate" built?
According to the plot of the film, the main character, Evgeny Lukashin, confuses two apartments located in Moscow and in Leningrad at the address:
3rd Builders street, house 25, apartment 12. (3-я улица Строителей, дом 25, квартира 12. )
These are the two most popular Christmas colors after red and green.
What is Silver and Gold?
Name of the plant that people kiss under at Christmas?
Mistleltoe
In which country do they celebrate the new year later than everyone else?
China
France
Japan
China
In which country does a woman play the role of Santa Claus?
In Italy
In Sweden
In Spain
In Italy
How many horses are pulling the sleigh in the song "Jingle Bells?"
1
What birds are popular on Christmas cards?
Robins
What is a nutcracker? (Think about the way the figures are painted!)
A toy soldier.
After Joseph, Mary and Jesus left Bethlehem, they went to which country?
What is Egypt?
When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him."
Can you name the missing reindeer from the list?
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, _ _ _ _ _, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph
Cupid
Residents of which part of the world (continent) celebrate the New Year later than everyone else?
America / the Americas.
How many festive bells do the Japanese hear on New Year's Eve?
108
______________________,
at the christmas party hop,
Mistletoe hung where you can see,
Every couple tries to stop.
______________________,
Let the Christmas spirit ring,
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie,
And we'll do some caroling.
What is hung on fireplaces?
A Stocking, a big sock.
In the famous "12 months", the Stepmother and Daughter torment the Stepdaughter and send her to the winter forest for snowdrops. What does January transform them into, as punishment for this?
The torturers are turned into biting dogs, for three years
What happens when you stick your wet tongue to a frozen pole like in a Christmas story?
What is, it gets stuck to the metal.
Remember Dumb and Dumber?
Which country donates the Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square?
Norway – the city of Oslo, Norway, donates the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree to the people of Britain each year since 1947.
In Home Alone, the McCallister's are going on vacation to this city, when they leave Kevin at home, alone.
Paris.
Which Christmas song contains the lyrics "Everyone dancing merrily in the new old-fashioned way?
"Rocking around the Christmas Tree", a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958.
Mariah Carey's iconic Christmas hit "All I Want for Christmas Is You" officially signals the start of the festive period - but what year was it released?
1994 - the song was released as the lead single from the album on October 29, 1994, recorded by American singer Mariah Carey for her fourth studio album and first holiday album, Merry Christmas.
What tradition is connected with mistletoe during the Christmas time?
A man and woman standing under the hanging mistletoe have to kiss.
Who is the Grinch?
We don't know anything about the species of the Grinch. He's just a green humanoid creature, a fictional character created by Dr. Seuss.
The Grinch is depicted as a green, pot-bellied, furry, pear-shaped, snub-nosed creature with a cat-like face and cynical personality. In full-color adaptations, he is typically colored yellow green. He has spent the past 53 years living in seclusion on a cliff, overlooking the town of Whoville.
The French word “Noel” is often used around Christmas, but what was its original meaning in Latin?
What is Birth.
Where does Spanish Santa Claus leave gifts?
In boots
Under the tree
On the balcony
On the balcony.
Why is the song ‘Jingle Bells’ so important?
A) It’s played in hospitals in America for the birth of any child on December 25th.
B) It’s the highest grossing song of all time.
C) It was Jesus’ favourite song.
D) It was the first song ever played in space.
It was the first song ever played in space.
On Dec. 16, 1965, an Air Force pilot named Thomas Stafford and a Navy pilot named Wally Schirra played the Christmas anthem ‘Jingle Bells’ on a harmonica and miniature sleigh bells just before re-entering Earth’s atmosphere.
What is customary to do in Spain at midnight on New Year's Eve?
-Shout the words "Hooray!"
-Eat 12 grapes
-Write wishes on paper and burn them
Eat 12 grapes, one for each chime of the clock.
Complete the song
Oh, the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
A song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in July 1945 in Hollywood, California.
By which fairy tale were the first gingerbread houses inspired?
Hansel & Gretel
Hänsel und Gretel - a German fairy tale collected by the German Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 in Grimm's Fairy Tales. It is also known as Little Step Brother and Little Step Sister.
Who drinks champagne in the morning, according to Lelik (Leonid Iovich Gaidai) from the Diamond Hand / Arm (1968)?
- Rich or speculators
- Rockefeller
- Alcoholics or parasites
- Aristocrats or degenerates
- Aristocrats or degenerates
What is an alternative way of writing "Christmas"?
"Xmas"
What gift did Harry Potter receive from the Dursleys during his first Christmas at Hogwarts?
What is a 50-pence piece?
Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
A. Finland
B. Austria
C. France
D. Germany
The modern Christmas tree originated in Germany, where families set up a paradise tree in their homes on December 24, the religious feast day of Adam and Eve. They hung wafers on it (symbolizing the Eucharistic host, the Christian sign of redemption).
What are the most two popular phrases on Christmas gift cards?
To and from.
Who sang the highest selling Christmas Song of all time? ((in terms of sales of physical media) with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide.)
Bing Crosby, White Christmas, from 1942.
Children leave this out for Santa at night in England.
Mince Pie, (also mincemeat pie in the United States, and fruit mince pie in Australia and New Zealand) is a sweet pie of English origin filled with mincemeat, being a mixture of fruit, spices and suet (fat!).
Gotham City is probably the darkest place in the history of cinema to celebrate Christmas. But in which of the Batman movies does the action take place on Christmas?
"Batman"
"Batman returns"
"Batman Forever"
"Batman and Robin"
"Batman returns" - 1992
What is made in the snow, and also put on top of the tree?
What is an Angel?
According to tradition, when should you have your Christmas decorations down by?
Before or on the 12th day of Christmas (January 5) or the Feast of Epiphany (January 6).
What fruit is traditionally put inside a Christmas stocking?
A. Pomegranate
B. Cranberries
C. Oranges
D. Apples
Some believe the festive tradition of putting oranges or clementine in Christmas stockings started in America during the Great Depression in the 1930s when families struggled to afford gifts so left the small piece of fruit in their children's stocking instead.
What colour are mistletoe berries?
White
Guess the Russian song from the English translation:
The January blizzard is ringing and the downpours are lashing elastically.
And the stars are racing in a circle cities are noisy
People don't see each other, they pass by each other,
People lose each other,
And then they will never find it.
Звенит январская вьюга
Nina Brodskaya, famous for singing the song "January Blizzard" ("Звенит январская вьюга") by Zatsepin for the 1973 movie Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future.
Who wrote the famous book "A Christmas Carol"?
(A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas - 1843)
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870)
Under which Russian president are the events taking place in the first part of the "Елки"?
Possible answers:
Dmitry Medvedev
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev
The custom of finding a button in the plum pudding means what to an unmarried man?
What is Bachelorhood? They would stay a bachelor.
This is one of the superstitions that surround the plum pudding. In England, sometimes a ring, a coin, a thimble and a button are added to the batter of the pudding. If the ring is found, this suggests that the person will soon get married. Finding the coin means wealth in the coming year. On the other hand, finding the thimble (woman) or the button (man) represents remaining a bachelor.
What is Santa’s official address in Canada, including the postcode? He receives over 1 million letters each year here…
Santa Claus, North Pole, H0H 0H0, Canada.
Which holiday was ‘Jingle Bells..’ originally written for?
A. New Years
B. Easter
C. Thanksgiving
D. Valentine’s Day
James Lord Pierpont wrote a song called "One Horse Open Sleigh" and performed it at his church's Thanksgiving concert originally. In 1857, it was republished under the name.
What were the children drinking in the first commercially produced Christmas cards by Henry Cole?
Wine - different times!