The holiday season is a time for joy, laughter, and making memories with loved ones. Whether you’re sipping hot cocoa by the fire or gathering around the Christmas tree, trivia games can be a delightful way to bring everyone together. Here are 50 fun Christmas trivia questions and answers to test your knowledge and spark some festive fun!
1. What popular Christmas song was actually written for Thanksgiving?
Answer: “Jingle Bells.”
2. In the song “Twelve Days of Christmas,” what gift is given on the fifth day?
Answer: Five golden rings.
3. What are the two other most popular names for Santa Claus?
Answer: Kris Kringle and Saint Nicholas.
4. What Christmas beverage is also known as “milk punch”?
Answer: Eggnog.
5. What well-known ballet is performed during the Christmas season?
Answer: The Nutcracker.
6. What traditional Christmas decoration is actually a parasitic plant?
Answer: Mistletoe.
7. In Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” what was Mr. Scrooge’s first name?
Answer: Ebenezer.
8. Which reindeer is Rudolph’s father?
Answer: Donner.
9. What does Santa give bad children?
Answer: A lump of coal.
10. What are Frosty the Snowman’s eyes made out of?
Answer: Coal.
11. Where was Jesus born?
Answer: Bethlehem.
12. How do you say “Merry Christmas” in Spanish?
Answer: Feliz Navidad.
13. What is the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time?
Answer: “Home Alone.”
14. Who tries to stop Christmas from coming by stealing all the presents?
Answer: The Grinch.
15. How many reindeer are featured in the poem “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”?
Answer: Eight.
16. What is the most popular Christmas carol?
Answer: “Silent Night.”
17. Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
Answer: Germany.
18. What do people traditionally put on top of a Christmas tree?
Answer: An angel or a star.
19. What is the name of the main character in the movie “Elf”?
Answer: Buddy.
20. In “Home Alone,” where are the McCallisters going on vacation when they leave Kevin behind?
Answer: Paris.
21. What holiday plant has bright red and green leaves and is also known as the “Christmas Flower”?
Answer: Poinsettia.
22. What is the name of Ralphie’s younger brother in the movie “A Christmas Story”?
Answer: Randy.
23. What was the first company that used Santa Claus in advertising?
Answer: Coca-Cola.
24. What are you supposed to do when you find yourself under the mistletoe?
Answer: Kiss.
25. Who wrote “A Christmas Carol”?
Answer: Charles Dickens.
26. In the classic Christmas movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” what happens every time a bell rings?
Answer: An angel gets its wings.
27. Which reindeer is known for having a red nose?
Answer: Rudolph.
28. What song contains the lyrics “where the treetops glisten and children listen”?
Answer: “White Christmas.”
29. Who was the star of the Christmas movie “Jingle All the Way”?
Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger.
30. What was Frosty the Snowman’s nose made out of?
Answer: A button.
31. What is the best-selling Christmas single of all time?
Answer: “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby.
32. In the movie “The Polar Express,” what word does the conductor punch into the ticket of “The Boy”?
Answer: Believe.
33. What animated 2004 film is about a train that carries kids to the North Pole on Christmas Eve?
Answer: “The Polar Express.”
34. What figure from English folklore came to be associated with Santa Claus?
Answer: Father Christmas.
35. What is the name of the last ghost that visits Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol”?
Answer: The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
36. What does Alvin want for Christmas in the song “The Chipmunk Song”?
Answer: A hula hoop.
37. What is Scrooge’s famous catchphrase in “A Christmas Carol”?
Answer: “Bah, humbug!”
38. Which Christmas song has the line “I don’t want a lot for Christmas, there is just one thing I need”?
Answer: “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey.
39. In what year was “A Charlie Brown Christmas” first aired on television?
Answer: 1965.
40. Which country gifts a Christmas tree to the United Kingdom every year?
Answer: Norway.
41. What did the other reindeer not let Rudolph do because of his shiny red nose?
Answer: Join in any reindeer games.
42. Which actor played six different roles in “The Polar Express”?
Answer: Tom Hanks.
43. What is traditionally hidden inside a Christmas pudding?
Answer: A coin.
44. What do the French call Christmas?
Answer: Noël.
45. Who was the author of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”?
Answer: Dr. Seuss.
46. What did the Grinch use as a makeshift sleigh to steal Christmas?
Answer: An old sled.
47. In the song “Frosty the Snowman,” what made Frosty come to life?
Answer: An old silk hat.
48. Which Christmas decoration was originally made from strands of silver?
Answer: Tinsel.
49. What is the Grinch’s dog’s name?
Answer: Max.
50. How many gifts in total were given in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”?
Answer: 364.
I hope you and your family enjoy these trivia questions! May your holiday gatherings be filled with laughter and joy. 🎄✨
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Christmas Trivia Game
Here are some fun Christmas trivia games that you can list in your blog to make family gatherings even more enjoyable:
1. Christmas Trivia Bingo
Create bingo cards with different Christmas trivia questions in each square. As questions are asked and answered, players can mark off the correct squares on their bingo cards. The first person to complete a row, column, or diagonal wins!
2. Holiday Jeopardy
Set up a Jeopardy-style board with categories like “Christmas Movies,” “Holiday Songs,” and “Festive Traditions.” Players choose questions from different categories and earn points for correct answers. You can even have a final Jeopardy round with a big, challenging question!
3. Christmas Trivia Quiz Night
Divide the group into teams and ask a series of Christmas-themed trivia questions. Teams write down their answers, and the team with the most correct answers at the end wins a prize. You can even have different rounds with increasing difficulty.
4. Rapid Fire Christmas Trivia
Gather everyone in a circle and go around asking rapid-fire Christmas trivia questions. Each person has to answer a question quickly. If they get it wrong, they’re out! The last person standing wins.
5. Christmas Trivia Scavenger Hunt
Create a scavenger hunt with trivia clues that lead players to different locations around the house. At each location, players find a trivia question they must answer correctly to get the next clue. The first person or team to complete the hunt wins.
6. Christmas Fact or Fiction
Present statements about Christmas traditions, history, and pop culture, and have players guess whether each statement is fact or fiction. For added fun, you can throw in some surprising or obscure facts to stump the players.
7. Christmas Trivia Board Game
Design a board game with a festive path and trivia questions along the way. Players move forward by answering questions correctly. The first player to reach the end of the board wins.
These games will not only test everyone’s holiday knowledge but also create wonderful memories. Happy holidays and have fun with your trivia games! 🎄✨
Top 20 Christmas Movie Trivia
1. In the movie “Elf,” what is the first rule of The Code of Elves?
Answer: Treat every day like Christmas.
2. Which Christmas movie features a character named Kevin McCallister?
Answer: “Home Alone.”
3. What is the name of the guardian angel who helps George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life”?
Answer: Clarence.
4. In “The Polar Express,” what beverage is served to the children on the train?
Answer: Hot chocolate.
5. What is the name of the department store in “Miracle on 34th Street”?
Answer: Macy’s.
6. Which actor played six different roles in “The Polar Express”?
Answer: Tom Hanks.
7. In “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” what is the Grinch’s dog’s name?
Answer: Max.
8. In “A Christmas Story,” what gift does Ralphie desperately want for Christmas?
Answer: A Red Ryder BB gun.
9. Who tries to stop Christmas from coming by stealing all the presents in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”?
Answer: The Grinch.
10. What song do the Peanuts gang sing at the end of “A Charlie Brown Christmas”?
Answer: “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.”
11. In the movie “Elf,” what is the name of the department store Buddy works at?
Answer: Gimbels.
12. What is the name of the main character in “The Nightmare Before Christmas”?
Answer: Jack Skellington.
13. In the movie “Home Alone,” where are the McCallisters going on vacation when they leave Kevin behind?
Answer: Paris.
14. In “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” what is the name of Rudolph’s elf friend who wants to be a dentist?
Answer: Hermey.
15. Who was the star of the Christmas movie “Jingle All the Way”?
Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger.
16. What is the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time?
Answer: “Home Alone.”
17. In “The Muppet Christmas Carol,” which character portrays Ebenezer Scrooge?
Answer: Michael Caine.
18. What Christmas movie revolves around a train that carries kids to the North Pole on Christmas Eve?
Answer: “The Polar Express.”
19. In “It’s a Wonderful Life,” what happens every time a bell rings?
Answer: An angel gets its wings.
20. In the movie “The Santa Clause,” what does Scott Calvin accidentally do to become Santa Claus?
Answer: He causes the real Santa to fall off his roof.
These questions can be a great addition to your Christmas trivia game lineup and will surely bring some holiday cheer to your gatherings! 🎄📽️✨