Christmas Around the World
Random Christmas/Winter/Holiday Facts
Christmas History
Movies and Music
Christmas Traditions
100

Which U.S. state has a town named Santa Claus?

Where is Indiana?

100

The first artificial Christmas tree was made from what?

What is Goose feathers?

100

In Home Alone, where does Kevin’s family accidentally travel without him?

Where is Paris?

100

During this tradition, children go door-to-door singing holiday songs in exchange for treats or donations.

What is Christmas caroling?

200

In what country is Santa Claus often called Father Christmas?

What is the United Kingdom?

200

What popular Christmas beverage is traditionally made with eggs, milk, sugar, and nutmeg?

What is eggnog?

200

This country is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition.

What is Germany?

200

This song holds the record for the most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a Christmas song?

What is All I Want for Christmas Is You?

200

This plant is known as the “Christmas flower.”

What is Poinsettia?

300

In Japan, this fast-food chain became a Christmas meal tradition after a 1970s marketing campaign.

What is KFC?

300

What winter holiday celebrates the longest night of the year?

What is the winter solstice?

300

The modern image of Santa Claus was largely popularized by illustrations from which 19th-century political cartoonist?


What is Thomas Nast?

300

What Christmas movie features the line: “You’ll shoot your eye out!”

What is A Christmas Story?

300

Each December, crowds gather in New York City to watch the lighting of this world-famous Christmas tree.

What is the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting?

400

Children in countries like the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany leave out this specific item instead of stockings to receive gifts.

What are shoes?

**honorable answers clogs; boots 

400

This many Christmas cards are sent in the U.S. every year.

What is 1.3 billion?

400

The first state in America to officially recognize Christmas as a holiday.

What is Alabama?

400

This song was originally written for Thanksgiving, but became a Christmas holiday classic.

What is Jingle Bells?

400

What Christmas tradition involves counting down the days of December with small treats or gifts?

What is an Advent calendar?

500

In what country is Christmas celebrated during summer and often includes beach barbecues?

What is Australia?

500

People with this phobia may experience anxiety, panic attacks, or avoidance behavior when snow is present or predicted.

What is Chionophobia?

500

Which U.S. president declared Christmas a federal holiday in 1870?

Who is Ulysses S. Grant?

500

In The Polar Express, what gift does the main character receive from Santa?

What is a bell?

500

This small scout reports children’s behavior to Santa Claus each night and is moved to a new spot around the house daily during the holiday season.

What is the Elf on a Shelf?