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Christmas Trivia Questions for Kids
Gentle christmas questions written for children, each with the answer and a short explanation.
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The easy Christmas questions cover the shared basics: the date, the wise men's gifts, the plant you kiss under, and the films and books everyone repeats each December. Safe ground for a family round where the youngest players still need to score.
All 14 christmas trivia questions for kids
On which date is Christmas Day observed by most Western churches?
Answer: 25 December Many Orthodox churches keep the same feast on 7 January under the older Julian calendar.
Which reindeer is famous for a glowing red nose?
Answer: Rudolph He is a twentieth-century addition and does not appear in the older reindeer poem.
What is the name of the miser at the centre of A Christmas Carol?
Answer: Ebenezer Scrooge Marley is his dead business partner, and Cratchit his underpaid clerk.
Who wrote A Christmas Carol?
Answer: Charles Dickens He wrote it in about six weeks and published it in December 1843.
Under which plant is it traditional to kiss at Christmas?
Answer: Mistletoe Mistletoe grows as a parasite on the branches of other trees.
In popular tradition, where does Santa Claus live?
Answer: The North Pole Finland promotes a rival claim, placing his home in Lapland.
The custom of bringing a decorated evergreen tree indoors spread across Europe from which country?
Answer: Germany It reached Britain widely after Prince Albert popularised it in the 1840s.
How many days of gifts are counted in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas?
Answer: Twelve The twelve days run from Christmas Day to Epiphany on 6 January.
According to the Nativity story, which three gifts did the wise men bring?
Answer: Gold, frankincense and myrrh Frankincense and myrrh are both aromatic tree resins, and were costly trade goods.
Which 1990 film features a boy left behind while his family flies to Paris?
Answer: Home Alone Macaulay Culkin was ten years old when it was released.
What is 26 December called in the United Kingdom?
Answer: Boxing Day It is a public holiday in Britain and many Commonwealth countries.
An Advent calendar counts down to which day?
Answer: Christmas Day Most versions have twenty-four doors, opening from 1 December.
In the Nativity account, Jesus is born in which town?
Answer: Bethlehem Nazareth is where the family is described as living afterwards.
In the United States, what is traditionally left out for Santa on Christmas Eve?
Answer: Milk and cookies British households more often leave a mince pie and a glass of sherry.
Answer key
- 25 December
- Rudolph
- Ebenezer Scrooge
- Charles Dickens
- Mistletoe
- The North Pole
- Germany
- Twelve
- Gold, frankincense and myrrh
- Home Alone
- Boxing Day
- Christmas Day
- Bethlehem
- Milk and cookies
How to play
- Pick a mode: multiple choice, true or false, a 60-second sprint, or the daily quiz.
- Answer with a tap, or press 1 to 4 on a keyboard. The right answer appears straight away with a line explaining it.
- Finish the round to see your score, copy the result grid, and step up a difficulty.
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