What are good Christmas trivia questions?

Good questions have one clear answer that a source states plainly. Mix rounds: films such as Home Alone and Elf, songs such as White Christmas, customs from Iceland, Sweden and Japan, food, a kids round and a hard round. This page has 100, each answer checked on 9 November 2026 with its source named.

What are some easy Christmas trivia questions for kids?

Ask what the Grinch's dog is called (Max), where the Whos live (Whoville), how many sides every snowflake has (six), Santa's postal code in Canada (H0H 0H0), which deer has antlers on the females too (the reindeer) and who learns to love Christmas in A Christmas Carol (Ebenezer Scrooge).

What are some hard Christmas trivia questions?

Try the reindeer's scientific name (Rangifer tarandus), who designed the first Christmas card in 1843 (John Callcott Horsley), which spacecraft crew played Jingle Bells in December 1965 (Gemini 6), who wrote the first royal Christmas broadcast (Rudyard Kipling) and the instrument Tchaikovsky chose for the Sugar Plum Fairy (the celesta).

How many questions should a Christmas trivia quiz have?

For a party, 20 to 30 questions in two or three rounds of ten is enough: 20 fits a 20-minute slot at work, and 30 fills about 40 minutes with marking. Children under ten manage 10 to 15. Keep a number question in reserve as a tie-breaker, such as the 76-foot height of the 2026 Rockefeller Center tree.

What is the best-selling Christmas song?

Bing Crosby's White Christmas, written by Irving Berlin, is the record holder for best-selling physical single at Guinness World Records, with an estimated 50 million copies sold worldwide. The song was introduced in the 1942 film Holiday Inn and won the Academy Award for best song, music and lyrics by Berlin.

Where did the Christmas tree tradition come from?

Britannica says the modern Christmas tree originated in western Germany. It was introduced into England in the early 19th century and popularised in the mid 19th century by Prince Albert, the German-born husband of Queen Victoria. Rockefeller Center's first tree went up in 1931, and its first formal lighting was in 1933.

Why is Christmas called Xmas?

The X stands for the Greek letter chi, the first letter of Christos, the Greek word for Christ, and the ending comes from Christmas. Merriam-Webster dates the first known use of Xmas to 1721, so the short form is about three centuries old, and the X itself stands for Christ rather than replacing the word.

What are some Christmas traditions around the world for a quiz?

Iceland has 13 Yule Lads, Sweden celebrates Lucia on 13 December and watches Donald Duck at 3 pm on Christmas Eve, Denmark hides a whole almond in the rice pudding, Japan eats fried chicken from KFC, the Philippines holds nine dawn Masses, and Finland's Rovaniemi is the Official Hometown of Santa Claus.

How do I make a Christmas trivia PowerPoint?

Put each question on one slide and its answer on the next, with a cover and a scoreboard for each round. In NOXI, keep the Presentation format, paste one request for a 30-question deck in three rounds with your questions, check the answer slides, then export an editable PowerPoint or present full screen.

What day is Christmas 2026?

Christmas Day 2026 falls on Friday 25 December, the date on the US federal holidays table, so Christmas Eve is a Thursday. Eastern Orthodox churches that keep the Julian calendar celebrate on 7 January, which is Thursday 7 January 2027. The winter solstice comes first, on Monday 21 December 2026.

Christmas Trivia: 100 Questions and Answers, with Slides

Christmas trivia questions: NOXI guide cover for 100 Christmas questions and answers in seven rounds, with a quiz deck outline

Disclosure: NOXI publishes this page and is the tool shown in the build steps near the end; the 100 questions, the answers and the sources work with any quiz format, on paper or on slides. Every answer was checked against the source named beside it, opened on 9 November 2026.

Christmas trivia questions with answers: here are 100, each checked against an official or encyclopaedic source on 9 November 2026, in seven rounds: movies (15), music (15), history and traditions (20), around the world (20), food (10), kids (10) and a hard round (10). No song lyrics, nothing disputed. Christmas Day 2026 is a Friday.

Most Christmas quiz lists repeat the same handful of claims, and a few of them are wrong or contested: who made Santa red, who wrote the poem about the night before Christmas, which king first ate turkey. This page keeps only answers that an official page, a museum, a national tourism board or an encyclopaedia states plainly, and it names that page next to every answer so the person at the back of the room who says "are you sure?" can be shown.

In short

What you get100 questions in seven rounds, each answer with the fact behind it and a source, plus ready sets for kids, families, work parties and adults.
How it was checkedEvery source was opened on 9 November 2026: Britannica, Guinness World Records, NORAD, Canada Post, NASA, the Smithsonian, museums, tourism boards and organisers' pages.
What is left outSong lyrics, and any claim a source calls disputed or unknown. A table near the end lists six popular claims we dropped.
Dates that moveThree answers depend on 2026 dates: the Rockefeller Center tree lighting on 2 December, Canada Post's Santa letter deadline on 9 December and the solstice on 21 December.
SlidesA 71-slide outline for a 30-question quiz in three rounds, question on one slide and answer on the next, and the one request that builds it in NOXI.
TimePlan about a minute per question, answers included (our estimate): ten questions fill 10 to 12 minutes.

Pick your set from the room you are hosting. The numbers refer to the questions below, so you can print the list, circle your picks and go.

Room	Questions to use	Time	Why this set
Kids aged 6 to 10	81 to 90, then 1, 9, 51, 55, 63	15 min	Characters they know, numbers they can guess, nothing that needs a date
Family table, mixed ages	1, 5, 9, 16, 24, 38, 51, 59, 63, 74, 81, 84, 85, 86, 88	20 min	Every question has at least one generation that knows it
Work party, 20 minutes	1, 2, 6, 9, 16, 24, 26, 29, 36, 37, 51, 59, 60, 63, 64, 67, 74, 84, 85, 93	20 min	Light, global and fair to every team; no question needs religious knowledge
Adults, pub-style	The 30 in the adults set below	40 min	Three rounds of ten, rising to the hard round
Teens	Rounds 1 and 2, plus 67, 85, 93, 94	35 min	Films, charts and space, with a few they will not expect
Seniors' lunch or club	4 to 8, 12 to 21, 34, 35, 49	25 min	Classic films from the 1940s, carols and royal broadcasts

Key numbers

Six figures for a fact slide or a tie-breaker, each from an official page read on 9 November 2026.

Fri 25

Christmas Day 2026 falls on Friday 25 December, the date on the US federal holidays table [1]

50 M

estimated copies sold of Bing Crosby's White Christmas, the record holder for best-selling physical single [2]

1955

the year CONAD, NORAD's predecessor, began tracking Santa; NORAD took over in 1958 [3]

76 ft

height of the 2026 Rockefeller Center tree, a Norway spruce lit on Wednesday 2 December [4]

9 Dec

Canada Post's 2026 deadline for letters to Santa at postal code H0H 0H0 [5]

Yule Lads in Icelandic tradition; the first arrives on 12 December [6]

Which questions fit your room: six quick picks

Children under ten → Round 6, read aloud, because every answer is a name, a number or a place they can say, and the Grinch, Max and Scrooge carry it.
A work party with people from many countries → the 20-question work set, because it leans on films, records and customs from Iceland to Japan rather than on church history.
Adults who play pub quizzes → the 30-question adults set, three rounds of ten, finishing on Round 7, because the hard round separates teams that tie on the easy ones.
A classroom of teenagers → Rounds 1 and 2 with the space questions (93, 94), because chart records and astronauts playing Jingle Bells land better than dates.
A printed sheet for a table or a newsletter → any 20 questions with the answers on a separate page, made as a Document and exported to PDF, so nobody sees the answers early.
You want the slides built for you → the NOXI Presentation format with the one request in the build steps below, exported to PowerPoint or presented full screen; if your office already has a PowerPoint quiz template you like, paste these questions into it instead.

100 Christmas trivia questions and answers, in seven rounds

Each row gives the question, the answer in bold, one line on the fact behind it and the source number. Read the question twice, give 30 seconds, then reveal. Accept close answers where the note says so.

A map of the seven Christmas trivia rounds by audience: kids take the kids round and five easy picks, families take fifteen mixed picks, work parties take twenty questions in two blocks of ten, adults play three rounds of ten ending on the hard round, teens take the movie and music rounds, and seniors take 1940s films, carols and royal broadcasts — Seven rounds, six rooms. Pick the column for your audience and circle the numbers.

Round 1: Christmas movie trivia questions

Fifteen questions on films and television specials, from 1942 to 2003. Question 10 catches people who think Tim Burton directed The Nightmare Before Christmas.

#	Question	Answer and the fact behind it	Source
1	In Home Alone (1990), which city is the McCallister family flying to when Kevin is left behind?	Paris. Kevin is eight years old and played by Macaulay Culkin.	[8]
2	What are the first names of the two burglars Kevin outwits in Home Alone?	Harry and Marv. Joe Pesci plays Harry and Daniel Stern plays Marv.	[8]
3	Who composed the music for Home Alone?	John Williams. John Hughes wrote the film and Chris Columbus directed it.	[8]
4	In It's a Wonderful Life (1946), what is the name of George Bailey's town?	Bedford Falls. Frank Capra directed, and James Stewart plays George.	[9]
5	What is the first name of the angel sent to save George Bailey?	Clarence (Clarence Oddbody, an angel second class). A bell on the tree rings when he earns his wings.	[9]
6	In Miracle on 34th Street (1947), which department store hires Kris Kringle to play Santa?	Macy's, in New York City. The film is often shown right after Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.	[10]
7	Which actor won an Oscar for playing Kris Kringle in the 1947 film?	Edmund Gwenn, best supporting actor. The film won three of its four nominations.	[11]
8	Who played Kris Kringle in the 1994 remake of Miracle on 34th Street?	Richard Attenborough. The story has been remade several times.	[10]
9	Who plays Buddy in Elf (2003)?	Will Ferrell. Jon Favreau directed; Buddy is a human raised in Santa's village.	[13]
10	Who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)?	Henry Selick. Tim Burton produced it, with Denise Di Novi; Danny Elfman wrote the score.	[14]
11	In The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack Skellington is tired of putting on which holiday each year?	Halloween. He discovers Christmas and tries to take it over.	[14]
12	In which year did A Charlie Brown Christmas first air?	1965, on 9 December. It went on to win Peabody and Emmy awards.	[15]
13	In which year did the animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas first air on CBS?	1966, on 18 December. The book came out in 1957.	[16]
14	Which 1942 film introduced the song White Christmas?	Holiday Inn. The song won the Oscar for best song, music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.	[12]
15	In which 1944 film does Judy Garland introduce Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas?	Meet Me in St. Louis, directed by Vincente Minnelli.	[17]

Round 2: Christmas music trivia

Fifteen questions about who wrote, sang and charted the songs. No question quotes a lyric: titles, people, places and years only, so you can put them on a slide or a printed sheet without copying anyone's words.

#	Question	Answer and the fact behind it	Source
16	Which recording does Guinness World Records list as the best-selling physical single, at an estimated 50 million copies?	White Christmas, by Bing Crosby. Guinness gives the figure as an estimate, worldwide.	[2]
17	Who wrote White Christmas?	Irving Berlin, music and lyrics. It won the Oscar for best song for Holiday Inn.	[12]
18	In which country was Silent Night first heard, on Christmas Eve 1818?	Austria, in Oberndorf near Salzburg. Accept Oberndorf or Salzburg.	[18]
19	Who wrote the words of Silent Night?	Joseph Mohr, as a poem in 1816 at Mariapfarr. Franz Xaver Gruber composed the melody two years later.	[18]
20	Which instrument accompanied the first performance of Silent Night?	A guitar, with two voices singing.	[18]
21	Under what title was Jingle Bells first published?	The One Horse Open Sleigh, by James Pierpont.	[19]
22	Who composed the music for the ballet The Nutcracker?	Pyotr Tchaikovsky. It was first performed in December 1892 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg.	[20]
23	In which city did Handel's Messiah have its premiere, in 1742?	Dublin, on 13 April 1742. The Hallelujah Chorus closes part two.	[21]
24	In which year did Mariah Carey release All I Want for Christmas Is You?	1994, on her album Merry Christmas. It first reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the 2019 holiday season, 25 years later.	[22]
25	Which two musicians wrote Do They Know It's Christmas? for Band Aid in 1984?	Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.	[23]
26	Which act was the first to score five Official UK Christmas Number 1 singles?	LadBaby. The fifth, in 2022, passed a record held by the Beatles.	[24]
27	Which singer co-wrote The Christmas Song, made famous by Nat King Cole in 1946?	Mel Tormé, with Robert Wells. It has been recorded in more than 1,700 versions.	[25]
28	Carol of the Bells is based on which Ukrainian folk song?	Shchedryk, in the arrangement by Mykola Leontovych.	[26]
29	Which Puerto Rican singer and guitarist recorded Feliz Navidad?	José Feliciano. Feliz Navidad is Spanish for Merry Christmas.	[27]
30	Which singing cowboy had a hit with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1949?	Gene Autry. He also recorded Here Comes Santa Claus (1947) and Frosty the Snow Man (1950).	[28]

Round 3: history and traditions

Twenty questions on where the customs came from: cards, trees, broadcasts, Santa and the tree lightings people travel to see.

#	Question	Answer and the fact behind it	Source
31	Which Charles Dickens story, published in 1843, follows Ebenezer Scrooge?	A Christmas Carol. Scrooge works in a London counting-house.	[30]
32	In which year was the first Christmas card, as the term is now understood, designed in England?	1843. An edition of 1,000 hand-coloured copies went on sale in London.	[31]
33	Who popularised the Christmas tree in Britain in the mid 19th century?	Prince Albert, the German-born husband of Queen Victoria.	[32]
34	Which king gave the first royal Christmas broadcast, in 1932?	King George V, by radio from a small office at Sandringham.	[33]
35	In which year was the royal Christmas message first televised?	1957, broadcast live.	[33]
36	Which military command tracks Santa every Christmas Eve, a tradition its predecessor began in 1955?	NORAD. Its predecessor, CONAD, began in 1955 and NORAD took over in 1958.	[3]
37	In which year did Rockefeller Center hold its first formal tree lighting?	1933. Construction workers put up the first, small tree there in 1931.	[4]
38	Which country gives London the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree every year?	Norway, from Oslo, every year since 1947, as thanks for Britain's support in the Second World War.	[34]
39	What does the X in Xmas stand for?	The Greek letter chi, the first letter of Christos, Christ. The first known use of Xmas is from 1721.	[35]
40	Saint Nicholas, whose legend grew into Santa Claus, was bishop of which town?	Myra, in what is now Turkey. His Western feast day is 6 December.	[36]
41	Which Roman festival, dedicated to the god Saturn, influenced Christmas and New Year customs?	Saturnalia. Its closing days included gifts of candles and wax figures.	[37]
42	How many candles does a traditional Advent wreath have?	Four, one lit on each Sunday of Advent. The candles are often said to stand for hope, peace, joy and love.	[38]
43	The poinsettia is named after Joel Poinsett. Which post did he hold when he brought it to wider notice?	US minister to Mexico, in the late 1820s. The plant is native to Mexico and Central America.	[39]
44	In which year did the unofficial Christmas truce take place along parts of the Western Front?	1914. It was not repeated again during the First World War.	[40]
45	Which illustrator painted the Santa Claus in Coca-Cola's advertising from 1931?	Haddon Sundblom. Coca-Cola's own history page says Santa appeared in a red coat before Sundblom painted him.	[41]
46	In which year was the poem A Visit from St. Nicholas first published?	1823, anonymously, in the Troy Sentinel in New York on 23 December.	[42]
47	On what date is Boxing Day?	26 December. It is a holiday in Britain and some Commonwealth countries.	[43]
48	Which feast on 6 January commemorates the visit of the Magi?	Epiphany. The evening before, 5 January, is Twelfth Night.	[44]
49	Which US president lit the first National Christmas Tree, on 24 December 1923?	Calvin Coolidge. It was a 48-foot balsam fir from Vermont with 2,500 electric bulbs.	[45]
50	Who created Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1939, for the retailer Montgomery Ward?	Robert L. May, a copywriter. Rollo and Reginald were also considered as names.	[29]

Round 4: Christmas trivia around the world

Twenty questions from fifteen countries. Where a custom varies by family, the question says "traditionally", and the answer is what the national tourism board or a church body describes.

#	Question	Answer and the fact behind it	Source
51	How many Yule Lads visit children in Iceland?	13. The first arrives on 12 December, and their stay ends on 6 January.	[6]
52	In Icelandic folklore, which animal hunts on Christmas Eve?	The Yule Cat, the Yule Lads' big black cat.	[6]
53	Iceland's Jólabókaflóð, the Christmas Book Flood, is named after which Christmas Eve gift?	Books, exchanged on Christmas Eve. A book catalogue has gone to every household each year since 1944.	[7]
54	How does Sinterklaas arrive in the Netherlands in November?	By steamboat. Children celebrate with him on 5 December.	[46]
55	In Italy, who fills children's stockings with gifts on Epiphany, 6 January?	La Befana, an old woman who rides a broom. Naughty children get a lump of coal.	[47]
56	Las Posadas, which re-enacts Joseph and Mary's search for shelter, runs between which dates?	16 and 24 December, in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and elsewhere.	[48]
57	Which horned figure arrives with St Nicholas on the evening of 5 December in Alpine folklore?	Krampus. St Nicholas rewards good children; Krampus punishes naughty ones.	[49]
58	On what date does Sweden celebrate Lucia?	13 December. In legend, Lucia lit her way with a candlelit wreath on her head.	[50]
59	Which cartoon do many Swedes watch on TV at 3 pm on Christmas Eve?	Donald Duck, in the show Donald Duck and his friends wish you a Merry Christmas.	[50]
60	Which Swedish city has built a giant straw Yule goat every year since 1966?	Gävle. The goat goes up in the city every year for the first Sunday of Advent.	[51]
61	In Poland, what signals the start of the Christmas Eve supper, Wigilia?	The first star in the sky. Many families try to have 12 dishes on the table.	[52]
62	Which fish do Czech families traditionally serve with potato salad at Christmas?	Carp. Some families keep one in the bathtub for a couple of days.	[53]
63	In Denmark, what is hidden in the Christmas rice pudding, risalamande?	A whole almond. Whoever finds it gets a prize or an extra present.	[54]
64	Which Finnish city is the Official Hometown of Santa Claus?	Rovaniemi. Santa Claus Village sits on the Arctic Circle.	[55]
65	Which radio broadcaster founded Australia's Carols by Candlelight in 1938?	Norman Banks. The first was held in Alexandra Gardens; it moved to the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in 1959.	[56]
66	In the Philippines, what are the nine dawn Masses from 16 to 24 December called?	Simbang Gabi, also called Misa de Gallo.	[57]
67	In Japan, which fast-food chain ran its first Christmas campaign in December 1974?	KFC, Kentucky Fried Chicken. Fried chicken at Christmas is now a Japanese custom.	[58] [59]
68	Who opens Nuremberg's Christkindlesmarkt every year?	The Nuremberg Christkind, on the Friday before the first Sunday of Advent: 27 November in 2026.	[60]
69	In Wales, what is the Mari Lwyd?	A horse figure with a real horse's skull, carried door to door from Christmas Day to Twelfth Night.	[61]
70	On which date do Eastern Orthodox churches that keep the Julian calendar celebrate Christmas?	7 January, on the everyday Gregorian calendar.	[62]

Round 5: food and drink

Ten questions for the round that lands just before the food is served.

#	Question	Answer and the fact behind it	Source
71	What did early mince pies contain that today's usually do not?	Meat. A 14th-century recipe used minced pork with figs, raisins and honey.	[63]
72	Which German city's Christstollen is a protected geographical indication in the European Union?	Dresden. Dresdner Christstollen has been protected since 2010.	[64]
73	Panettone, the tall Christmas cake with raisins and candied fruit, comes from which country?	Italy. Its exact origin is unknown, so do not ask for the town.	[65]
74	What is the French Christmas cake shaped like a log called?	Bûche de Noël. Accept "Yule log".	[66]
75	How many desserts are traditionally served on Christmas Eve in Provence?	Thirteen, alongside the Gros Souper supper on Christmas Eve.	[67]
76	What is the classic French Christmas meal called?	Le réveillon. A turkey stuffed with chestnuts is a classic main course.	[66]
77	Which Christmas drink is made of beaten eggs, sugar and cream or milk?	Eggnog, often with a little rum or brandy.	[68]
78	The word wassail comes from an Old Norse greeting meaning what?	"Be well", ves heill.	[35]
79	What are Sweden's S-shaped saffron buns for Lucia called?	Lussekatt (plural lussekatter).	[50]
80	What kind of cake is the classic Christmas cake in Japan?	A strawberry shortcake, sponge with whipped cream and strawberries.	[59]

Round 6: Christmas trivia questions for kids

Ten questions for ages six to ten. Read them aloud, and let younger children answer together as one team.

#	Question	Answer and the fact behind it	Source
81	What is the name of the Grinch's dog?	Max. The Grinch tries to dress him up as a reindeer.	[16]
82	What is the name of the town where the Whos live?	Whoville. The Grinch lives on a mountain above it.	[16]
83	At the end of the story, how many sizes does the Grinch's heart grow?	Three. In the first book pictures the Grinch was white, not green.	[16]
84	What is Santa's postal code in Canada?	H0H 0H0. The address is Santa Claus, North Pole, H0H 0H0, Canada.	[5]
85	How many sides or points does every snowflake have?	Six, because ice crystals form in a six-sided pattern.	[70]
86	Which is the only kind of deer where the females grow antlers too?	The reindeer. In North America reindeer are called caribou.	[69]
87	What do we call the day in December with the fewest hours of daylight?	The winter solstice. In 2026 it is Monday 21 December.	[71]
88	What is the name of the grumpy man who learns to love Christmas in A Christmas Carol?	Ebenezer Scrooge. Several spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.	[30]
89	What is the name of Scrooge's old business partner, whose ghost visits him?	Jacob Marley.	[30]
90	In the film Elf, which city does Buddy travel to?	New York City.	[13]

Round 7: hard Christmas trivia questions

Ten questions for the final round or the tie-breaker. Most teams will get three or four; a team that gets seven has earned the prize.

#	Question	Answer and the fact behind it	Source
91	What is the scientific name of the reindeer?	Rangifer tarandus. Large males can stand more than 1.2 metres at the shoulder.	[69]
92	Who designed the first Christmas card, in England in 1843?	John Callcott Horsley, for his friend Sir Henry Cole.	[31]
93	On which spacecraft did two astronauts play Jingle Bells on a harmonica and bells in December 1965?	Gemini 6, flown by Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford.	[72]
94	Which crew read from the Book of Genesis while orbiting the Moon on Christmas Eve 1968?	Apollo 8: Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders.	[73]
95	Which instrument, newly found in Paris, did Tchaikovsky choose for the Sugar Plum Fairy?	The celesta, for its clear, bell-like tone.	[20]
96	Which writer wrote the text of the first royal Christmas broadcast, in 1932?	Rudyard Kipling.	[33]
97	The word Noel comes from which Latin word, and what does it mean?	Natalis, "birthday". It reached English through French.	[35]
98	By Italian law, what share of an authentic panettone's weight must be fruit?	20 percent, and 16 percent butter.	[65]
99	How many candles did the first Advent wreaths carry, in the 19th century?	24, one for each day from 1 December. The number was later cut to four.	[38]
100	Which artist drew the original 1843 illustrations for A Christmas Carol?	John Leech.	[30]

Ready-made sets by audience

The table near the top gives a quick pick for each room. These three sets are fuller: each is a complete quiz you can run as it stands, in the order printed.

Christmas trivia questions for adults: a 30-question set

Three rounds of ten, about 40 minutes with marking. The first round warms the room, the second mixes the world and the kitchen, the third is where the prize is won.

Round A, screen and songs: 1, 4, 7, 10, 14, 16, 18, 23, 25, 27.
Round B, history and the world: 32, 33, 36, 38, 39, 41, 44, 45, 57, 59.
Round C, the decider: 63, 67, 70, 72, 78, 92, 93, 94, 96, 98.
Tie-breaker: "How tall, in feet, is the 2026 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree?" Closest wins: 76 [4].

Christmas trivia questions for a work party: 20 in 20 minutes

Teams of four, one answer sheet per team, 30 seconds per question and the answers read out at the end of each block of ten. This set avoids questions that need religious knowledge, so nobody at the table is at a disadvantage for their background, and its customs run from Iceland to Japan.

Block one: 1, 2, 6, 9, 16, 24, 26, 29, 36, 37.
Block two: 51, 59, 60, 63, 64, 67, 74, 84, 85, 93.
Tie-breaker: "How many spikes does the Swarovski star on the Rockefeller Center tree have?" Closest wins: 70 [4].
Prize idea: the winning team picks the music for the rest of the party.

Family and mixed ages: 15 questions

Pair a child with an adult on each team, and let the child answer the kids' questions first. Questions 1, 5, 9, 16, 24, 38, 51, 59, 63, 74, 81, 84, 85, 86 and 88 give every generation something it knows, from Home Alone to Silent Night to Santa's postal code.

Christmas 2026 in dates: the facts that change every year

Most answers above never change. These do, so they are worth a slide of their own, or a check the week of your quiz.

Timeline of the 2026 Christmas season from 27 November to 7 January: the Nuremberg Christkind opens the market, the Rockefeller Center tree is lit on 2 December, Sinterklaas and Krampus on 5 December, Canada Post's Santa letter deadline on 9 December, the first Yule Lad on 12 December, Lucia on 13 December, Simbang Gabi and Las Posadas from 16 December, the solstice on 21 December, NORAD on Christmas Eve, Christmas on Friday 25 December, Epiphany on 6 January and Orthodox Christmas on 7 January — The season in twelve dates, each with its source in the table below.

Date in 2026 to 2027	What happens	Source
Friday 27 November	The Nuremberg Christkind opens the Christkindlesmarkt, on the Friday before the first Sunday of Advent	[60]
Wednesday 2 December	Rockefeller Center tree lighting, 7 to 10 pm: a 76-foot Norway spruce from West Edmeston, New York, with more than 50,000 LED lights	[4]
Saturday 5 December	Sinterklaas celebrations in the Netherlands; Krampus arrives with St Nicholas in Alpine towns	[46] [49]
Wednesday 9 December	Canada Post's deadline for letters to Santa at H0H 0H0	[5]
Saturday 12 December	The first of Iceland's 13 Yule Lads arrives	[6]
Sunday 13 December	Lucia in Sweden	[50]
Wednesday 16 to Thursday 24 December	Simbang Gabi dawn Masses in the Philippines; Las Posadas in Mexico and Central America	[57] [48]
Monday 21 December	Winter solstice, at 8.50 pm GMT	[71]
Thursday 24 December	NORAD tracks Santa; Donald Duck at 3 pm in Sweden	[3] [50]
Friday 25 December	Christmas Day	[1]
Wednesday 6 January 2027	Epiphany; La Befana in Italy; the last Yule Lad leaves Iceland	[44] [47] [6]
Thursday 7 January 2027	Christmas in Eastern Orthodox churches that keep the Julian calendar	[62]

The Rockefeller Center star is a good tie-breaker pool: designed by the architect Daniel Libeskind in 2018, it weighs about 900 pounds and carries 70 spikes covered in three million crystals, and after the season the tree is milled into lumber for Habitat for Humanity [4].

How to run a Christmas trivia game that keeps the room

A good quiz is mostly pace. These are editorial recommendations, not published rules.

Teams, sheets and timing

Teams of three to five work best: big enough that someone knows the answer, small enough that everyone talks. Give each team one numbered answer sheet. Read each question twice, allow 30 seconds, and move on. At the end of each round, teams swap sheets for marking while you read the answers aloud.

Scoring and close answers

One point a question, with half points where the note in the table says to accept a close answer: Oberndorf or Salzburg for Austria, Yule log for bûche de Noël. Decide before you start whether spelling counts; for a room with children, it should not. Keep a running total on a flip chart or a scoreboard slide after each round, because the scores are half the fun.

Tie-breakers

A tie-breaker needs a number answer so the closest team wins. Three from the 2026 Rockefeller Center tree work well: its height (76 feet), the spikes on its star (70) and the crystals on the star (about three million) [4]. The year CONAD began tracking Santa (1955) is a fourth [3].

Pace on slides

With a question on one slide and its answer on the next, ten questions make twenty slides, about a minute per pair. Our guide to how many slides per minute covers pacing; for a quiz, keep the answer slides short.

Christmas trivia slides: the 71-slide outline for a 30-question quiz

The deck that runs a 30-question quiz in three rounds has a fixed shape. Each round is a cover slide, ten question slides, each followed by its answer slide, and a scoreboard. Add a title, a rules slide and a tie-breaker, and the total is 71 slides.

Outline of a 71-slide Christmas trivia deck: title and rules slides, then three rounds each made of a round cover, ten question slides each followed by an answer slide, and a scoreboard, then a tie-breaker question, its answer and a winners slide — Question, then answer, ten times a round. The shape never changes; only the questions do.

Slides	What goes on them	Count
1	Title: the quiz name, the date and the host	1
2	Rules: teams, 30 seconds a question, one point each, answers after each round, how ties are broken	1
3 to 24	Round 1: a cover slide, then question 1, answer 1, question 2, answer 2, through to answer 10, then the scoreboard	22
25 to 46	Round 2, the same pattern	22
47 to 68	Round 3, the same pattern	22
69 to 71	Tie-breaker question, its answer with the source, and the winners	3

Inside each round, keep a short outline for every pair of slides:

Question slide: the question number, the question in large type, and one picture that hints without giving it away (a snowy street, not the film poster).
Answer slide: the answer in the largest type on the slide, one line of the fact behind it, and the source in small type at the foot.
Round cover: the round's name and its number of questions, so teams know how long it runs.
Scoreboard: team names and running totals, filled in by hand or on the screen.

A filled question slide and its answer slide from the sample deck: question 51 asks how many Yule Lads visit children in Iceland, and the answer slide shows 13 in large type with the line that the first arrives on 12 December and the source Visit Iceland, checked 9 November 2026 — One question pair, filled in: the answer slide carries the number, one line of fact and the source.

What to check before you present

Every answer here was checked on 9 November 2026, and most of them will not move. Four things are still worth a look before quiz night.

The 2026 dates. The Rockefeller Center lighting on 2 December, Canada Post's 9 December deadline and the Nuremberg opening on 27 November come from the organisers' pages; organisers can change their plans, so check those three pages the week before.
Customs that vary. Poland's 12 dishes, the Czech carp in the bathtub and Japan's fried chicken describe what many families do, not what all do. Keep the word "traditionally" in the question when you read it.
Pictures. Film stills, album covers and logos belong to their owners. Use your own photos or pictures made for the deck, and keep brand logos off the slides.
Lyrics. Song lyrics are protected. This page asks about titles, writers and years only; if you add a music round, play a short clip and ask for the title rather than printing the words.

Six popular Christmas trivia claims we left out, and why

A quiz loses the room the moment someone proves an answer wrong. These six turn up on many lists; none made our 100, because the sources we opened contradict them, call them uncertain or do not support them.

The claim	What the source says	What we asked instead
Coca-Cola made Santa wear red	Coca-Cola's own history page says Santa appeared in a red coat before Sundblom painted him in 1931 [41]	Who painted Coca-Cola's Santa (question 45)
Clement Clarke Moore wrote A Visit from St. Nicholas	The poem appeared anonymously in 1823; the family of Henry Livingston Jr. disputed Moore's claim, and a computer-aided analysis found it closer to Livingston's known poetry than to Moore's [42]	The year it was first published (question 46)
Panettone was invented in Milan by a named baker	Britannica says the origin of panettone is unknown, though many agree it was first made in Milan [65]	The country, Italy (question 73)
Jingle Bells was written for Thanksgiving	The Library of Congress music blog we opened gives the original title and the composer and says nothing about Thanksgiving [19]	The original title (question 21)
An English king was the first to eat turkey at Christmas	We found no official or primary source for it on 9 November 2026	Nothing; it stays out
Silent Night was sung with a guitar because the organ had broken	The SalzburgerLand page says the song was heard with a guitar and two voices and gives no reason [18]	Which instrument was used (question 20)

3 ready requests for a Christmas quiz deck or sheet

These work in NOXI and in most AI presentation tools. Paste your chosen questions from the tables above into the request, so the deck uses answers that were checked, and replace the text in square brackets.

Request 1 · The 30-question quiz deck

Make a 30-question Christmas trivia deck in 3 rounds, each question on one slide and its answer on the next. Use these questions and answers exactly as written: [paste the 30 questions with their answers and sources]. Start with a title slide for [the Finance team quiz, Friday 18 December] and a rules slide: teams of four, 30 seconds a question, one point each. Give each round a cover slide and a closing scoreboard. Finish with a tie-breaker, its answer and a winners slide. Large type, one festive picture per question slide that does not give the answer away, the source in small type on every answer slide, no song lyrics.

Request 2 · The work party version

Make a 20-minute Christmas quiz for a work party of [40] people from [12] countries: 20 questions in two blocks of ten, question on one slide and answer on the next, using these questions exactly: [paste questions 1, 2, 6, 9, 16, 24, 26, 29, 36, 37, 51, 59, 60, 63, 64, 67, 74, 84, 85, 93 with answers]. Warm, light tone, our company colour [green] as the accent, a scoreboard after each block, and a tie-breaker asking how many spikes the 2026 Rockefeller Center star has (answer 70).

Request 3 · The printable question sheet

Make a two-page A4 document for a family Christmas quiz: page one lists these 15 questions with numbered answer lines and a space for the team name; page two is the answer key with one line of fact for each answer. Questions: [paste questions 1, 5, 9, 16, 24, 38, 51, 59, 63, 74, 81, 84, 85, 86, 88 with answers]. Friendly, large type, a small winter illustration in the header, ready to print.

Make the Christmas trivia deck in NOXI

NOXI 2.0 makes 14 formats from one request, and the Presentation format turns this page's questions into a quiz deck with a question on one slide and its answer on the next. It is free to start: the free plan covers five documents a month, every change after that is free, downloads carry no watermark and no credit card is needed to start. The NOXI 2.0 launch article describes every format.

Step 1: Keep Presentation picked on Home

Open noxi.ai and sign in with a free account. NOXI opens on Home with Presentation already picked, which gives slides at 16:9, the right shape for a screen at a party or a projector in a hall.

Step 2: Paste the one request with your questions

Paste Request 1 from above and, inside it, the 30 questions you chose from this page with their answers. The request is the whole brief: "a 30-question Christmas trivia deck in 3 rounds, each question on one slide and its answer on the next". Because the answers come from you, the deck starts from the checked wording, and Step 4 is where you confirm it.

Step 3: Watch it plan and build

Press Create. NOXI sketches every slide first, picks a style that fits the subject from its design library of more than ninety styles, and writes several slides at once, with pictures made for the deck. You can send a note while it works, such as "make the answer slides green".

Step 4: Check every answer slide

Read each answer slide against the table on this page. To change one, select the slide and say what should change, for example "on the answer to question 7, write Edmund Gwenn, best supporting actor", or click the text and type. NOXI changes only what you asked, and every change can be undone.

Step 5: Export to PowerPoint

Ask for PowerPoint. The file has editable text boxes and embedded fonts, and NOXI compares it with the slides before the download appears, so the quiz looks the same on the venue's laptop. PDF and Word are there too, for a printed answer key.

Step 6: Present full screen on the night

Press Present and the slides fill the screen. Pick a motion style, Cinematic, Editorial or Lively, or none, and click on to each answer slide when it is time to reveal it. To let teams check their scores later, share a view link that anyone can open without an account, and turn it off after the party.

If you are also building the December all-staff deck, our Christmas presentation ideas page covers the rest of the season's slides, and presentation ideas has topics for the new year. A year-end round fits well inside a year in review presentation or an all-hands meeting, and teachers running the quiz in class will find more in our guide to AI presentation tools for teachers. For the opening words, see how to start a presentation.

Frequently asked questions

What are good Christmas trivia questions?: Good questions have one clear answer that a source states plainly. Mix rounds: films such as Home Alone and Elf, songs such as White Christmas, customs from Iceland, Sweden and Japan, food, a kids round and a hard round. This page has 100, each answer checked on 9 November 2026 with its source named.
What are some easy Christmas trivia questions for kids?: Ask what the Grinch's dog is called (Max), where the Whos live (Whoville), how many sides every snowflake has (six), Santa's postal code in Canada (H0H 0H0), which deer has antlers on the females too (the reindeer) and who learns to love Christmas in A Christmas Carol (Ebenezer Scrooge).
What are some hard Christmas trivia questions?: Try the reindeer's scientific name (Rangifer tarandus), who designed the first Christmas card in 1843 (John Callcott Horsley), which spacecraft crew played Jingle Bells in December 1965 (Gemini 6), who wrote the first royal Christmas broadcast (Rudyard Kipling) and the instrument Tchaikovsky chose for the Sugar Plum Fairy (the celesta).
How many questions should a Christmas trivia quiz have?: For a party, 20 to 30 questions in two or three rounds of ten is enough: 20 fits a 20-minute slot at work, and 30 fills about 40 minutes with marking. Children under ten manage 10 to 15. Keep a number question in reserve as a tie-breaker, such as the 76-foot height of the 2026 Rockefeller Center tree.
What is the best-selling Christmas song?: Bing Crosby's White Christmas, written by Irving Berlin, is the record holder for best-selling physical single at Guinness World Records, with an estimated 50 million copies sold worldwide. The song was introduced in the 1942 film Holiday Inn and won the Academy Award for best song, music and lyrics by Berlin.
Where did the Christmas tree tradition come from?: Britannica says the modern Christmas tree originated in western Germany. It was introduced into England in the early 19th century and popularised in the mid 19th century by Prince Albert, the German-born husband of Queen Victoria. Rockefeller Center's first tree went up in 1931, and its first formal lighting was in 1933.
Why is Christmas called Xmas?: The X stands for the Greek letter chi, the first letter of Christos, the Greek word for Christ, and the ending comes from Christmas. Merriam-Webster dates the first known use of Xmas to 1721, so the short form is about three centuries old, and the X itself stands for Christ rather than replacing the word.
What are some Christmas traditions around the world for a quiz?: Iceland has 13 Yule Lads, Sweden celebrates Lucia on 13 December and watches Donald Duck at 3 pm on Christmas Eve, Denmark hides a whole almond in the rice pudding, Japan eats fried chicken from KFC, the Philippines holds nine dawn Masses, and Finland's Rovaniemi is the Official Hometown of Santa Claus.
How do I make a Christmas trivia PowerPoint?: Put each question on one slide and its answer on the next, with a cover and a scoreboard for each round. In NOXI, keep the Presentation format, paste one request for a 30-question deck in three rounds with your questions, check the answer slides, then export an editable PowerPoint or present full screen.
What day is Christmas 2026?: Christmas Day 2026 falls on Friday 25 December, the date on the US federal holidays table, so Christmas Eve is a Thursday. Eastern Orthodox churches that keep the Julian calendar celebrate on 7 January, which is Thursday 7 January 2027. The winter solstice comes first, on Monday 21 December 2026.

Sources & methodology

How this page was made: every answer comes from the page named in its row, and every page was opened on 9 November 2026, signed out. Where a page calls something disputed or unknown, the question was rewritten to ask only what the page states, or dropped. The ready-made sets, the timings and the slide counts are our own editorial recommendations, not published rules. Google autosuggest for "christmas trivia questions" was read the same day to choose the headings.

[1] Christmas Day 2026 observed on Friday, December 25 · US Office of Personnel Management, Federal holidays, checked 9 November 2026.
[2] Bing Crosby's White Christmas "has sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide" · Guinness World Records, Best-selling physical single, checked 9 November 2026.
[3] CONAD began tracking Santa in 1955; Colonel Harry Shoup, Director of Operations; NORAD replaced CONAD in 1958 · Official NORAD Tracks Santa, NORAD HQ, checked 9 November 2026.
[4] First tree put up by construction workers in 1931; first formal lighting in 1933; the 2026 tree is a 76-foot Norway spruce from West Edmeston, New York; lighting on Wednesday 2 December, 7 to 10 pm; more than 50,000 LED lights; Swarovski star by Daniel Libeskind (2018), about 900 pounds, 70 spikes, three million crystals; milled into lumber for Habitat for Humanity · Rockefeller Center, 2026 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, checked 9 November 2026.
[5] Santa Claus, North Pole, H0H 0H0, Canada; send letters no later than December 9, 2026 · Canada Post, Santa letter program, checked 9 November 2026.
[6] The 13 Yule Lads, their mother Grýla and the Yule Cat, which hunts on Christmas Eve; the first lad arrives on 12 December and the last stay ends on 6 January · Visit Iceland, Christmas in Iceland and Meet the Icelandic yule troll family, checked 9 November 2026.
[7] Jólabókaflóð, the exchange of books on Christmas Eve; a book catalogue every year since 1944 · Visit Iceland, The origins of Jólabókaflóð, checked 9 November 2026.
[8] Home Alone (1990): Kevin McCallister, eight, played by Macaulay Culkin; family leaving for Paris; burglars Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern); writer John Hughes, director Chris Columbus, music John Williams · Britannica, Home Alone, checked 9 November 2026.
[9] It's a Wonderful Life (1946): Frank Capra; James Stewart as George Bailey; Bedford Falls; Clarence Oddbody, a second-class angel; a bell rings when Clarence earns his wings · Britannica, It's a Wonderful Life, checked 9 November 2026.
[10] Miracle on 34th Street (1947): Kris Kringle hired to play Santa at Macy's in New York City; aired after Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; the 1994 remake with Richard Attenborough · Britannica, Miracle on 34th Street, checked 9 November 2026.
[11] Edmund Gwenn, Actor in a Supporting Role, Miracle on 34th Street; four nominations, three wins · Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the 20th Academy Awards, checked 9 November 2026.
[12] Music (Song): White Christmas in Holiday Inn, music and lyrics by Irving Berlin · Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the 15th Academy Awards, checked 9 November 2026.
[13] Elf (2003) directed by Jon Favreau, starring Will Ferrell as a human raised in Santa's village who ventures to New York City · Britannica, Elf, checked 9 November 2026.
[14] The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) directed by Henry Selick, produced by Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi, score by Danny Elfman; Jack Skellington weary of putting on Halloween · Britannica, The Nightmare Before Christmas, checked 9 November 2026.
[15] A Charlie Brown Christmas, 9 December 1965; Peabody and Emmy awards · Charles M. Schulz Museum, December 9, 1965, checked 9 November 2026.
[16] Published by Random House in 1957; animated special on CBS on 18 December 1966; Whoville; the heart grows three sizes; Max, the Grinch's dog, outfitted as a reindeer; the Grinch white in the two-tone book illustrations · Britannica, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, checked 9 November 2026.
[17] Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), directed by Vincente Minnelli, with Judy Garland and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas · Britannica, Meet Me in St. Louis, checked 9 November 2026.
[18] Heard on Christmas Eve 1818 in Oberndorf with only a guitar and two voices; Joseph Mohr's poem written in Mariapfarr in 1816; melody by Franz Xaver Gruber two years later · SalzburgerLand Tourism, 200 years of Silent Night, checked 9 November 2026.
[19] The song published by James Pierpont as The One Horse Open Sleigh, known today as Jingle Bells · Library of Congress, In the Muse: Jingle Bells, checked 9 November 2026.
[20] The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, first performed in December 1892 at the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg; the celesta, discovered in Paris, for the Sugar Plum Fairy · Britannica, The Nutcracker, checked 9 November 2026.
[21] Messiah premiered in Dublin on April 13, 1742; the Hallelujah Chorus closes part two · Britannica, Messiah, checked 9 November 2026.
[22] All I Want for Christmas Is You on the album Merry Christmas (1994); number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the 2019 holiday season, 25 years after its release, Carey's 19th · Britannica, Mariah Carey, checked 9 November 2026.
[23] Do They Know It's Christmas?, 1984, Band Aid, written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure for famine relief in Ethiopia · Britannica, Do They Know It's Christmas?, checked 9 November 2026.
[24] LadBaby, the first act to claim a record five Official UK Christmas Number 1 singles, breaking a record set by the Beatles · Official Charts Company, Christmas Number 1 2022, checked 9 November 2026.
[25] The Christmas Song, co-written by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells, made famous by Nat King Cole in 1946, more than 1,700 versions · Britannica, Mel Tormé, checked 9 November 2026.
[26] Leontovych's arrangement of Shchedryk became the basis for Carol of the Bells · Britannica, Mykola Leontovych, checked 9 November 2026.
[27] Feliz Navidad by Puerto Rican musician José Feliciano; the phrase is Spanish for Merry Christmas · Britannica, Feliz Navidad, checked 9 November 2026.
[28] Here Comes Santa Claus (1947), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1949), Frosty the Snow Man (1950) · Britannica, Gene Autry, checked 9 November 2026.
[29] Rudolph created by Robert L. May, copywriter at Montgomery Ward, in 1939; Rollo and Reginald considered; Johnny Marks' song made famous by Gene Autry in 1949 · Dartmouth College, Rudolph's Story, checked 9 November 2026.
[30] Ebenezer Scrooge, protagonist of A Christmas Carol (1843), works in a London counting-house, visited on Christmas Eve by several spirits; Jacob Marley his former partner; illustration by John Leech · Britannica, Ebenezer Scrooge, checked 9 November 2026.
[31] The first Christmas card, as the term is now understood, designed in England in 1843 by John Callcott Horsley for Sir Henry Cole; an edition of 1,000 hand-coloured copies on sale in London · Britannica, Christmas card, checked 9 November 2026.
[32] The modern tree originated in western Germany; introduced into England in the early 19th century and popularised by German-born Prince Albert · Britannica, Christmas tree, checked 9 November 2026.
[33] George V's first Christmas message, Christmas Day 1932, from a small office at Sandringham; text written by Rudyard Kipling; first televised message broadcast live in 1957 · The Royal Family, The Christmas Broadcast, checked 9 November 2026.
[34] Every year since 1947 the people of Norway have given London a tree, in gratitude for Britain's support during the Second World War · Greater London Authority, Christmas at Trafalgar Square and City of Oslo, The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree, checked 9 November 2026.
[35] Xmas: X a symbol for Christ from the Greek letter chi, first known use 1721; wassail from Old Norse ves heill, be well; noel from Latin natalis, birthday · Merriam-Webster, Xmas, wassail and noel, checked 9 November 2026.
[36] Bishop of Myra (in what is now Turkey), born in Patara; Western feast day December 6 · Britannica, Saint Nicholas, checked 9 November 2026.
[37] Dedicated to Saturn; Sigillaria and gifts of candles and wax figures; direct influence on Christmas and the New Year · Britannica, Saturnalia, checked 9 November 2026.
[38] Four candles for the four Sundays of Advent; the first wreaths had 24 candles, for the 24 days before Christmas starting on 1 December; the candles often said to symbolise hope, peace, joy and love · Britannica, Advent, checked 9 November 2026.
[39] Native to Mexico and Central America; Joel Poinsett, US minister to Mexico in the late 1820s · Britannica, poinsettia, checked 9 November 2026.
[40] At Christmas 1914 an unofficial, spontaneous truce took place along some parts of the Western Front, not repeated during the war · Imperial War Museums, Voices of the First World War: The Christmas Truce, checked 9 November 2026.
[41] Sundblom's Santa debuted in 1931 in Coke ads in The Saturday Evening Post; Santa appeared in a red coat before Sundblom painted him · The Coca-Cola Company, Haddon Sundblom and the Coca-Cola Santas, checked 9 November 2026.
[42] First published anonymously in the Troy Sentinel on December 23, 1823; Moore claimed it in 1844; the Livingston family disputed the claim · Britannica, A Visit from St. Nicholas and Clement Clarke Moore, checked 9 November 2026.
[43] Boxing Day, December 26, in Great Britain and some Commonwealth countries · Britannica, Boxing Day, checked 9 November 2026.
[44] Epiphany on January 6, the Magi's visit; Twelfth Night on January 5 · Britannica, Epiphany and Twelfth Night, checked 9 November 2026.
[45] President Calvin Coolidge lit the first National Christmas Tree on December 24, 1923; a cut 48-foot balsam fir from Vermont donated by the president of Middlebury College; 2,500 electric bulbs · National Park Service, 1923 National Christmas Tree, checked 9 November 2026.
[46] Sinterklaas arrives by steamboat at the end of November and celebrates with children on 5 December · Holland.com, Christmas markets in the Netherlands, checked 9 November 2026.
[47] Befana fills stockings on Epiphany, rides a broom, leaves coal for naughty children · Britannica, Befana, checked 9 November 2026.
[48] Las Posadas between December 16 and 24 in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and elsewhere · Britannica, Las Posadas, checked 9 November 2026.
[49] Krampus and St Nicholas arrive on the evening of December 5 · Britannica, Krampus, checked 9 November 2026.
[50] Lucia Day on 13 December; in legend Lucia lit her way with a candlelit wreath; lussekatt saffron buns; Donald Duck and his friends wish you a Merry Christmas at 3 pm on Christmas Eve · Visit Sweden, Lucia and How to celebrate Christmas in Sweden, checked 9 November 2026.
[51] The Gävle goat's history begins in 1966; it adorns the city every year from the first Advent · Visit Gävle, About the Gävle Goat, checked 9 November 2026.
[52] Wigilia begins with the appearance of the first star; many try to have 12 dishes; a free seat; opłatek wafers · Study in Poland (NAWA, gov.pl), Polish Christmas traditions, checked 9 November 2026.
[53] Carp with potato salad; carp kept in the bathtub for a couple of days; carp scales in the wallet · VisitCzechia, Czech Christmas traditions, checked 9 November 2026.
[54] Risalamande with cherry sauce and a hidden whole almond; the finder gets a prize · VisitDenmark, Christmas traditions, checked 9 November 2026.
[55] Rovaniemi is the Official Hometown of Santa Claus; Santa Claus Village at the Arctic Circle · Visit Rovaniemi, Santa Claus and the magic of Christmas, checked 9 November 2026.
[56] Founded by radio broadcaster Norman Banks; first held in Alexandra Gardens in 1938; the Sidney Myer Music Bowl from 1959 · Vision Australia, Carols by Candlelight: our history, checked 9 November 2026.
[57] Nine consecutive dawn Masses from December 16 to 24, Simbang Gabi or Misa de Gallo · CBCP News, Instructions on the celebration of Simbang Gabi, checked 9 November 2026.
[58] First Christmas campaign in December 1974 · Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan, company history, checked 9 November 2026.
[59] Fried chicken at Christmas in Japan; the Christmas cake is a strawberry shortcake · Japan National Tourism Organization, Christmas in Japan, checked 9 November 2026.
[60] The Nuremberg Christkind opens her market, always on the Friday before the first Advent · Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt, Opening ceremony, checked 9 November 2026.
[61] A real horse's skull carried door to door; from Christmas Day to Twelfth Night and Hen Galan; south Wales · Amgueddfa Cymru, Museum Wales, The Mari Lwyd, checked 9 November 2026.
[62] For Eastern Orthodox churches that use the Julian calendar, December 25 corresponds to January 7 on the Gregorian calendar · Britannica, When is Christmas celebrated?, checked 9 November 2026.
[63] The 14th-century Forme of Cury tart of flesh with minced pork, figs, raisins and honey; meat dropped gradually · English Heritage, Meat to sweet: a history of the mince pie, checked 9 November 2026.
[64] Dresdner Christstollen PGI, certified in 2010; made in Dresden and twelve surrounding municipalities · European Commission, Dresdner Christstollen PGI, checked 9 November 2026.
[65] A cake of Italian origin; by law 20 percent fruit and 16 percent butter; the origin is unknown, though many agree it was first made in Milan · Britannica, panettone, checked 9 November 2026.
[66] The bûche de Noël, a Christmas log cake; le réveillon with a turkey stuffed with chestnuts · France.fr (Atout France), Weihnachten in Frankreich, checked 9 November 2026.
[67] The Gros Souper supper and the Thirteen Desserts on Christmas Eve · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Tourism, Christmas traditions in Provence, checked 9 November 2026.
[68] Beaten eggs, sugar and cream or milk; often a little rum, brandy, cognac or whisky · Britannica, eggnog, checked 9 November 2026.
[69] Rangifer tarandus; called caribou in North America; the only deer species in which females have antlers; large males over 1.2 metres at the shoulder · Britannica, reindeer, checked 9 November 2026.
[70] All snowflakes contain six sides or points; ice crystals join in a hexagonal structure · Met Office, Snowflakes, checked 9 November 2026.
[71] In 2026 the winter solstice occurs on Monday 21 December, at 8.50pm GMT; the day with the fewest hours of daylight · Royal Museums Greenwich, When is the winter solstice?, checked 9 November 2026.
[72] Astronauts Schirra and Stafford played Jingle Bells on the harmonica and bell set they carried on Gemini 6, December 1965 · Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Bells, Gemini 6, checked 9 November 2026.
[73] Apollo 8 Christmas Eve broadcast from lunar orbit, 24 December 1968; Borman, Lovell and Anders read from Genesis · NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive, Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Broadcast, checked 9 November 2026.

Pick the round for your room, read each question twice, keep the answer slides short and the source on every one. NOXI turns the questions you choose into a quiz deck from one request, free to start, as an editable PowerPoint or full screen on the night.