Question | Answer | % Correct |
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What Christmas story by Charles Dickens was published in 1843? | A Christmas {Carol} | 91%
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What two-word Christmas greeting was popularized by that story? | Merry Christmas | 89%
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Who was the main character in that story? | Ebenezer Scrooge | 88%
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What English queen popularized Christmas trees in Great Britain? | Queen Victoria | 88%
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In what country did the tradition of Christmas trees begin? | Germany | 87%
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What gift-giving saint is Santa Claus based on? | St. Nicholas | 87%
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What holiday greeting is commonly used in the U.S. as a "politically correct" version of the above? | Happy Holidays | 83%
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What astrological observance did ancient Romans observe on December 25th? | The Winter {Solstice} | 78%
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The name Santa Claus is a derivation of Sinterklaas. What language is Sinterklaas from? | Dutch | 64%
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Who wrote "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" in 1957? | Dr. Seuss | 61%
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Who was the Lord Protector of England when Christmas was banned in the 1640s? | Oliver Cromwell | 61%
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What country banned Christmas during a fit of revolutionary ferver in the late 1700s? | France | 59%
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What singer's 1942 rendition of "White Christmas" has sold over 100 million copies? | Bing Crosby | 57%
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What Protestant reformer wrote a few Christmas hymns - but not "Away in a Manger"? | Martin Luther | 52%
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What holiday was celebrated by Germanic pagans around the time of Christmas? | Yule | 52%
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What great Frankish king was crowned emperor on Christmas Day, 800 A.D.? | Charlemagne | 51%
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What group of people outlawed Christmas in Massachusetts in the 1600s? | The {Puritans} | 45%
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What saint's feast day is celebrated on December 26th or 27th? | St. Stephen | 34%
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What feast day occurs on January 6th, twelve days after Christmas? | Epiphany / Twelfth Night | 31%
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What bawdy Roman holiday, presided over by a "Lord of Misrule", was celebrated from December 17–23? | {Saturn}alia | 26%
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