Christmas Quiz for Adults
1. What store hosts a huge parade every Thanksgiving?
a. JCPenney
b. Macy’s
c. Walmart
2. In the movie A Christmas Story, what was the dad’s “major award?”
a. A bb gun
b. A leg lamp
c. A day off
3. True or false: Santa Claus is a smoker.
4. What movie featuring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire dancing and singing at an inn
only open on holidays was the first to feature the popular tune White Christmas?
a. Holiday Inn
b. White Christmas
c. Christmas in Connecticut
5. What Christmas dessert is made with molasses?
a. Plum pudding
b. Gingerbread
c. Cheesecake
6. In which country does Santa leave presents in children’s shoes?
a. France
b. The Netherlands (Holland)
c. Switzerland
7. In National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, what animal jumps out of the Griswold’s
Christmas tree and wreaks havoc?
a. A dog
b. A squirrel
c. A chipmunk
8. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol takes place in what country?
a. United States
b. Germany
c. England
9. True or False: Eggnog does not contain eggs.
10. Which of the following is NOT a popular Christmas pie?
a. Mince
b. Peach
c. Pumpkin
11. What popular Christmas song includes the phrase, “in the air there’s a feeling of
Christmas?”
a. The Christmas Song
b. Silver Bells
c. White Christmas
12. What Christmas song is also known by the title Greensleeves?
a. O Holy Night
b. Silent Night
c. What Child Is This?
13. In what Christmas carol do singers request “figgy pudding?”
a. Rockin' Around the
Christmas Tree
b. We Wish You A
Merry Christmas
c. O Christmas Tree
14. What should you do to someone standing under mistletoe?
a. Give them a cookie
b. Hug them
c. Kiss them
15. In the poem The Night Before Christmas, what dances in children’s heads?
a. Bon-bons
b. Cookies
c. Sugar plums
16. What was the name of the baby born to Mary’s cousin Elizabeth?
a. John
b. Luke
c. James
17. What did Joseph do for a living?
a. He was a farmer
b. He was a carpenter
c. He was a cook
18. Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem to:
a. Visit their family
b. Build a house
c. Pay taxes
19. Who told the shepherds about the birth of Jesus?
a. King Herod
b. An angel
c. The innkeeper
20.True or False: An angel tells Joseph to take his family and flee to Greece to escape
King Herod’s wrath.
Christmas Quiz for Adults Answers
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What store hosts a huge parade every Thanksgiving? Macy’s
In the movie A Christmas Story, what was the dad’s “major award?” A leg lamp
True or false: Santa Claus is a smoker. True – He smokes a pipe.
What movie featuring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire dancing and singing at an inn
only open on holidays was the first to feature the popular tune White Christmas?
Holiday Inn
5. What Christmas dessert is made with molasses? Gingerbread
6. In which country does Santa leave presents in children’s shoes? The Netherlands
7. In National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, what animal jumps out of the
Griswold’s Christmas tree and wreaks havoc? A squirrel
8. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol takes place in what country? England
9. True or False: Eggnog does not contain eggs. False
10. Which of the following is NOT a popular Christmas pie? Peach
11. What popular Christmas song includes the phrase, “in the air there’s a feeling of
Christmas?” Silver Bells
12. What Christmas song is also known by the title Greensleeves? What Child Is This?
13. In what Christmas carol do singers request “figgy pudding?” We Wish You a Merry
Christmas
14. What should you do to someone standing under mistletoe? Kiss them
15. In the poem The Night Before Christmas, what dances in children’s heads? Sugar
plums
16. What was the name of the baby born to Mary’s cousin Elizabeth? John (later
known as John the Baptist)
17. What did Joseph do for a living? He was a carpenter
18. Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem to: Pay taxes
19. Who told the shepherds about the birth of Jesus? An angel
20. True or False: An angel tells Joseph to take his family and flee to Greece to escape
King Herod’s wrath. False – The angel tells Joseph to take his family to Egypt.