1. On which date is Christmas Day celebrated each year?

2. What does the word “Christmas” derive from, referring to a Christian church service?

3. Which biblical figures are said to have followed a star to visit the newborn Jesus, bearing gifts?

4. What is the name of the four-week period of preparation and anticipation leading up to Christmas in the Christian calendar?

5. In which town, according to the Bible, was Jesus born?

6. What is the name of the special calendar used to count down the days of December until Christmas, often with a small treat behind each door?

7. Which Queen is credited with popularising the Christmas tree tradition in Britain, after a famous illustration of her family was published in 1848?

8. What is the name of the twelve-day period traditionally observed between Christmas Day and the Epiphany on January 6th?

9. What is the name traditionally given to the jolly, white-bearded figure said to deliver gifts to children on Christmas Eve?

10. Which Christmas figure is said to live and work at the North Pole, with the help of elves?

11. What is the name of Santa’s red-nosed reindeer, said to lead his sleigh on foggy nights?

12. How many reindeer, including Rudolph, traditionally pull Santa’s sleigh?

13. What evergreen plant, with red berries and spiky leaves, is a traditional Christmas decoration?

14. What is the name of the plant traditionally hung in doorways at Christmas, under which people are said to kiss?

15. What is the term for the star or angel typically placed on top of a decorated Christmas tree?

16. What two colours make up Santa’s traditional outfit, popularised in much of its modern form by 20th-century advertising?

17. Which 1946 film, directed by Frank Capra, follows a man named George Bailey who is shown what life would be like had he never been born?

18. Which 1990 film follows a young boy who is accidentally left behind when his family goes on a Christmas holiday?

19. Which 2003 British film, directed by Richard Curtis, follows multiple interconnected love stories in the lead-up to Christmas?

20. Which Charles Dickens novella, first published in 1843, follows the miser Ebenezer Scrooge as he is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve?

21. Which 2003 film stars Will Ferrell as a human raised by elves at the North Pole who travels to New York to find his birth father?

22. Which classic stop-motion television special, first aired in 1964, tells the story of a reindeer with a glowing red nose?

23. Which 1994 film follows a department store Santa who claims to be the real thing, leading to a court case?

24. Which animated character, created by Dr. Seuss, tries to stop Christmas from coming by stealing presents from a nearby town?

25. Which roasted bird is the most traditional centrepiece of a British Christmas dinner?

26. What is the name of the rich, dark, dried-fruit cake, often covered in marzipan and icing, traditionally eaten at Christmas in the UK?

27. What is the name of the spiced, steamed dessert traditionally set alight with brandy before serving on Christmas Day?

28. What small, sweet pastry, filled with a dried fruit mixture, is a traditional British Christmas treat?

29. What festive hot drink, made from milk, sugar, and spices, is traditionally enjoyed at Christmas, especially in the United States?

30. What is the name of the small, two-person paper tube, pulled apart at Christmas dinner to reveal a gift, joke, and paper crown?

31. What spice, used to flavour many festive drinks and bakes, comes from the bark of a tropical evergreen tree and is associated with Christmas flavours?

32. What root vegetable, alongside parsnips and carrots, is traditionally roasted as part of a British Christmas dinner?

33. In which country did the modern Christmas tree tradition, using a decorated evergreen indoors, originate?

34. In Spain and many Latin American countries, on which date do children traditionally receive gifts, associated with the Three Kings rather than Santa?

35. In the Netherlands, which gift-giving figure, similar to Santa, traditionally arrives by steamboat in late November?

36. In Australia, Christmas falls during which season, due to the country’s location in the Southern Hemisphere?

37. What is the name of the Scandinavian Christmas tradition involving a decoration made of straw, shaped like a goat?

38. In Japan, which American fast food chain has become a popular, unconventional choice for Christmas dinner?

39. What is the name of the traditional rolled sponge cake, decorated to resemble a log, popular in France at Christmas?

40. In Iceland, how many gift-giving “Yule Lads” are said to visit children over the thirteen nights before Christmas?