Christmas in UK
What festive plant is traditionally hung in doorways, and kissing beneath it is said to bring good luck
Mistletoe
This Estonian city claims to have had the world’s first public Christmas tree in 1441.
Tallinn
This is the place where Eia spends her Christmas
Tondikakul
This country is generally considered to have started the Christmas tree tradition?
Germany
Mulled wine is now a Christmas market staple across Europe. Why was mulled wine originally created?
Preservation and warmth
These paper novelties pulled at the Chridtmas dinner table contain a small gift, a joke, and a paper hat. This was popularised in Victorian Britain.
Christmas Crackers
The Estonian word jõulud has pagan roots and comes from an ancient Nordic winter feast word used about 1,000 years ago. From which language does it come?
Old Norse
Kevin McCallister in Home Alone was played by Macaulay Culkin. How old is he today? (as of 2025)
44
Although Christmas trees originated in Germany, their popularity spread widely after this British royal couple was illustrated with one in 1848.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
This traditional Estonian Christmas food made from blood and barley was originally eaten to symbolize strength and abundance.
Verivorst
In Charles Dickens` Christmas’s Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by these 3 supernatural visitors
What are the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Present, the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come
What was the main purpose of pre-Christian midwinter celebrations in Estonia?
The return of light
The CIA reportedly helped coach Jim Carrey in enduring extreme discomfort for his role in this Christmas movie.
The Grinch
In this country, eating KFC has become a popular Christmas dinner tradition.
Japan
Gingerbread spices like cinnamon and cloves were historically valued at Christmas for these believed properties.
Medicinal benefits
During WW nII, this British Prime Minister delivered several Christmas broadcasts to boost national morale during the Blitz
Winston Churchill
Historically, this material was spread on the floor during Estonian Christmas to symbolize fertility and Christ’s birth.
Straws
How many storylines are interwoven in Love Actually?
8
This puzzle toy became the best-selling Christmas toy of 1980.
Rubik’s Cube
This sweet, orange fruit, called hurma in some languages, is traditionally eaten in Mediterranean countries like Malta during the Christmas season.
Kaki fruit
This is the animal Sinterklaas arrives on with his helper Zwarte Piet
White Horse
This centuries-old tradition is officially held and "this" is declared" by the mayor of Tallinn every Christmas Eve at noon.
Christmas Peace
This action movie set during a Christmas office party is famously debated as to whether it is a Christmas film or not.
Die Hard
This is the postal code used for Santa Claus in Canada as part of a letter-writing program.
H0H 0H0
In Iceland, this traditionally prepared meat called Hákarl, often considered a daring delicacy, is eaten at Christmas.
Fermented shark meat