Christmas traditions in Finland/Baltics
Mandatum Life Insurance Company Limited as a socially responsible company has kind traditions to support organizations and donate for good deeds in the festive period of Christmas and New Year. This year, ML together with Kaleva company donated 15.000 Eur to what particular organization?
Correct answer: What is "WE Foundation"?
For background: The We Foundation was founded in 2015 to promote inclusion and equality among children and adolescents. The Foundation believes in the power of technology and games as a tool for driving societal change and engagement.
The Foundation’s operations in Finland encompass a network of community houses operating in regions and neighbourhoods that have a great need for work that promotes inclusion and equality. The We House is an open community space, a physical and digital “living room” that is open to everyone and which offers meaningful activities and services to the area’s children, adolescents and families.
With 50 million copies sold, this song is not only the best-selling Christmas song of all time, it's also the best-selling single ever, according to Guinness World Records.
Answer: What is Bing Crosby's "White Christmas"?
A well-known family comedy, typically shown on television in festive Christmas period. This year it was remembered even before Christmas, because of one very important event. What movie it is?
Answer: What is "Home Alone"?
The typical number of calories in your average Christmas dinner.
Correct answer: What is 957?
Tradition to hang socks in Christmas time started from accident. What dropped though chimney in socks, hanged for drying, in this accident?
Correct answer: What is gold?
European Best Destinations (a Brussels-based travel organization) ranks the most beautiful Christmas trees in Europe continent. And for two consecutive years one of Baltic capitals has been nominated as having most beautiful Christmas tree. What city it is?
This song is very charming and fun, invoking one of our awaited phenomenon. It is Christmas single even though the song never mentions the “C”-word.
Answer: What is "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (by Frank Sinatra)?
Very classical animated musical. A mean and stingy green creature wants to ruin Christmas.
Answer: What is "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"?
Country from where comes mulled wine tradition?
Correct answer: What is ancient Greece?
What is Greek abbreviation for Christ?
Correct answer: What is letter X?
Two neighboring countries claim that the first public Christmas tree was displayed in their country! What are those countries?
Answer: What is Latvia and Estonia?
A powerful and worldwide known Christmas carol, which was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011. It was sung in churches, in town squares, even on the battlefield during World War I, when, during a temporary truce on Christmas Eve, soldiers sang carols from home.
Answer: What is "Silent Night" (by Franz Xaver Gruber, to lyrics by Joseph Mohr)?
A funny movie with Will Ferrel, where a man in the North Pole searches for his father in New York City. What title it is?
Answer: What is Elf?
Which is country where part of Christmas dinner by tradition is beet soup with mushrooms and dumplings.
Correct answer: What is Lithuania?
How many years usually are growing Christmas trees before those are sold?
Correct answer: What is 15?
In this country, Christmas Eve is treated as more important than Christmas itself. Spells are common and one superstition says that if you pull a piece of straw from under the tablecloth and it's long, you will have a long life; but if it's short you will have a short life; and a thick straw means a rich and happy life!
What country is described here?
Answer: What is Lithuania?
What song did a famous pop band Boney M covered originally written by American composer Jester Hairston. This single topped many charts all over the Europe.
Answer: What is "Mary's Boy Child (cover by Boney M)?
American dramatic film, released in 1946, that is widely considered one of the most inspirational and beloved movies in American cinema. The film has become synonymous with Christmas, when it is frequently televised.
Answer: What is "It's a Wonderful Life"?
Which beverage is most directly related to Santa Claus?
Correct answer: What is Coca-cola?
What is name of Santa Claus in France?
Correct answer: Who is Pere Noel?
In this country ‘The Peace of Christmas’ is declared mid-day on Christmas Eve. The Peace of Christmas is broadcast on television by the Major. It is a tradition that dates back to the 13th century declaring that those who commit crimes on a religious holiday will receive a harsher punishment. Today, it is a reminder to all to behave respectfully and peacefully during the three holy days of Christmas.
What country this tradition belongs to?
Answer: What is Finland? (in Finnish: Joulurauha)
It may have never reached number one, but it's the best-selling UK single ever to not hit the top, with over 2 million copies sold. In some polls, it was voted as the best Christmas song ever. The song actually has very little to do with Christmas! It's mainly about a failed relationship, and coming face to face with them a year later.
Answer: What is "Last Christmas" (by Wham)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI
Smooth listeners poll, 2017: https://www.smoothradio.com/news/music/best-christmas-songs-result/
American 3D computer-animated Christmas dark fantasy film written and directed by writer and film producer who has Lithuanian roots. It is a film adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 story of the same name. What title is this movie?
Answer: What is "A Christmas Carol"? (2009 by Robert Zemeckis)
The approximate amount of wasted Christmas food that is thrown away each year.
Correct answer: What is 230 000 tones?
Which part of Christmas tree contains lot of Vitamin C?
Correct answer: What is needles?