Funny & Weird Christmas Facts Trivia

Funny & Weird Christmas Facts Trivia

1. 1.Female or male reindeer keep their antlers in winter?medium

   Answer: Female — so Santa's reindeer are likely female

2. 2.What was tinsel originally made from?medium

   Answer: Real silver

3. 3.In Norway, what do people hide on Christmas Eve to stop witches?medium

   Answer: Their brooms

4. 4.Which letter-writing service receives letters to Santa in Canada with postcode H0H 0H0?medium

   Answer: Canada Post

5. 5.How fast would Santa need to travel to visit every home in one night (approx)?hard

   Answer: About 650 miles per second

6. 6.What do Venezuelans in Caracas travel to Christmas Mass on?medium

   Answer: Roller skates

7. 7.The world's tallest snowman was built in which US state?hard

   Answer: Maine

8. 8.Which popular Christmas plant is named after a US ambassador?medium

   Answer: Poinsettia (Joel Poinsett)

9. 9.What is 'Xmas' derived from?medium

   Answer: The Greek letter Chi (X), for Christ

10. 10.Which country's tradition involves eating a 13-course meal?hard

    Answer: Provence, France (13 desserts)

11. 11.Which US state was first to make Christmas a legal holiday?hard

    Answer: Alabama (1836)

12. 12.What is the most common Christmas Day accident?easy

    Answer: Injuries while opening gifts or decorating

13. 13.Which famous Christmas song was written by James Lord Pierpont?medium

    Answer: Jingle Bells

14. 14.How many pieces would you have to eat from the Guinness record largest gingerbread house?hard

    Answer: It weighed over 35,000 lbs

15. 15.Which country's KFC Christmas buckets must be pre-ordered weeks in advance?easy

    Answer: Japan

16. 16.In the Czech Republic, single women throw what over their shoulder to predict marriage?medium

    Answer: A shoe

17. 17.What do some Catalans put in Nativity scenes as a cheeky figure?medium

    Answer: El Caganer (a man pooping)

18. 18.In Wales, what horse-skull figure goes door to door at Christmas?hard

    Answer: Mari Lwyd

19. 19.Which country has a tradition of eating a carp kept alive in the bathtub?medium

    Answer: Czech Republic / Slovakia

20. 20.What was Santa's original mode of transport in Dutch stories?medium

    Answer: A white horse

21. 21.According to Ukrainian legend, what magically decorated a poor widow's tree?hard

    Answer: Spider webs

22. 22.What do Germans traditionally hide in Christmas trees (according to US legend)?easy

    Answer: A pickle ornament

23. 23.In Slovakia, what is thrown at the ceiling on Christmas Eve?hard

    Answer: Loksa pudding (the more it sticks, the luckier)

24. 24.About how many Christmas trees are sold in the US each year?medium

    Answer: Roughly 25–30 million

25. 25.How early do some UK shops start selling mince pies ('Christmas creep')?easy

    Answer: Often as early as September

26. 26.What did people use before Christmas lights to light trees?easy

    Answer: Real candles

27. 27.In Japan, Christmas Eve is seen more like which holiday?medium

    Answer: Valentine's Day (a romantic date night)

28. 28.Which US city once banned Christmas (1659–1681)?hard

    Answer: Boston (Massachusetts Bay Colony)

29. 29.How many hours of daylight does Santa effectively get by travelling west?hard

    Answer: About 31–32 hours thanks to time zones

30. 30.Which animal do Norwegians leave porridge for on Christmas Eve?medium

    Answer: The Nisse (barn gnome)

31. 31.True or false: Santa wore red before Coca-Cola's 1931 ads?medium

    Answer: True — red Santas existed before 1931

32. 32.What is the world record for most people dressed as Santa in one place?hard

    Answer: Over 18,000 (Kerala, India, 2014)

33. 33.Which Christmas song is about a hippopotamus?easy

    Answer: I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

34. 34.What do people in Guatemala burn to rid homes of the devil on December 7?hard

    Answer: Effigies of the devil (La Quema del Diablo)

35. 35.Which classic toy was the first ever advertised on TV?hard

    Answer: Mr. Potato Head (1952)

36. 36.What percentage of Christmas trees sold are real in the UK, roughly?hard

    Answer: About two-thirds

37. 37.Which US state produces the most Christmas trees?medium

    Answer: Oregon

38. 38.What was the original tinsel's biggest problem?medium

    Answer: It tarnished (it was real silver)

39. 39.In Germany, what is a popular Christmas Eve dinner that's surprisingly simple?medium

    Answer: Sausages and potato salad

40. 40.What do Austrians sometimes run from in the streets in early December?easy

    Answer: People dressed as Krampus

41. 41.Which country has a tradition of a 'Christmas spider'?medium

    Answer: Ukraine

42. 42.What did people in Victorian times send on Christmas cards that we find odd?hard

    Answer: Dead robins, frogs and creepy clowns

43. 43.What is the name of the cat that eats people in Iceland?medium

    Answer: The Yule Cat (Jólakötturinn)

44. 44.What do some Australians wear on Christmas Day?easy

    Answer: Swimsuits and Santa hats

45. 45.Which country set a record for the largest gathering of Santas on surfboards?hard

    Answer: USA/Australia (Cocoa Beach records)

46. 46.How many letters does Canada Post's Santa answer each year, roughly?medium

    Answer: Over a million

47. 47.What is the postcode for Santa in Canada?medium

    Answer: H0H 0H0

48. 48.Which country has a Santa Claus Village on the Arctic Circle?easy

    Answer: Finland

49. 49.What does 'Bah! Humbug!' mean?medium

    Answer: Nonsense! / Rubbish!

50. 50.What is the world record for most Christmas lights on a tree?hard

    Answer: Over 500,000 lights (Universal Studios Japan)

51. 51.What percentage of people regift presents, roughly?medium

    Answer: About a third to half

52. 52.What are Christmas cracker jokes famous for?easy

    Answer: Being terrible puns

53. 53.Why does Santa have three gardens? (joke)easy

    Answer: So he can ho, ho, ho

54. 54.What do you call an obnoxious reindeer? (joke)easy

    Answer: Rude-olph

55. 55.What do snowmen eat for breakfast? (joke)easy

    Answer: Frosted Flakes / Snowflakes

56. 56.Why is Santa so jolly? (joke)easy

    Answer: Because he knows where all the naughty girls and boys live

57. 57.What do elves learn in school? (joke)easy

    Answer: The elf-abet

58. 58.What's every elf's favourite music? (joke)easy

    Answer: Wrap music

59. 59.How does a sheep say Merry Christmas? (joke)easy

    Answer: Fleece Navidad

60. 60.What do you get if you cross a snowman with a vampire? (joke)easy

    Answer: Frostbite

61. 61.What does Santa suffer from if he gets stuck in a chimney? (joke)easy

    Answer: Claus-trophobia

62. 62.Why are Christmas trees bad at knitting? (joke)easy

    Answer: They always drop their needles

63. 63.What's the most common day to break up before Christmas, according to Facebook data?hard

    Answer: Around two weeks before Christmas (Dec 11)

64. 64.What is the average weight gain over the holidays, studies say?medium

    Answer: About 0.5–1 kg (1–2 lbs)

65. 65.How many calories does an average Christmas dinner contain in the UK?hard

    Answer: About 3,000–6,000

66. 66.What is 'Festivus'?medium

    Answer: A made-up holiday from Seinfeld, 'for the rest of us'

67. 67.What is used as the Festivus 'tree'?medium

    Answer: An aluminium pole

68. 68.What happens during Festivus 'Airing of Grievances'?medium

    Answer: People list how others disappointed them

69. 69.What Christmas decoration is the most popular in US homes?easy

    Answer: Lights

70. 70.Which country has a 'Christmas pickle' festival town in Michigan?hard

    Answer: Berrien Springs, USA (Christmas Pickle Capital)

71. 71.What is the 'Bad Sweater' tradition day in the US?medium

    Answer: National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day (third Friday of December)

72. 72.Which long-running British sci-fi show airs a Christmas special almost every year?medium

    Answer: Doctor Who

73. 73.Why was Santa's little helper depressed? (joke)easy

    Answer: Low elf-esteem

74. 74.What do you call a cat on the beach at Christmas? (joke)easy

    Answer: Sandy Claws

75. 75.What do you call Santa's helpers? (joke answer)medium

    Answer: Subordinate Clauses

76. 76.What did Adam say on the day before Christmas? (joke)medium

    Answer: It's Christmas, Eve

77. 77.What's a reindeer's favourite game? (joke)easy

    Answer: Stable tennis

78. 78.Why did the turkey join the band? (joke)easy

    Answer: Because it had the drumsticks

79. 79.What do you call a broke Santa? (joke)easy

    Answer: Saint Nickel-less

80. 80.What did the gingerbread man put on his bed? (joke)easy

    Answer: A cookie sheet

81. 81.What does a dog give for Christmas? (joke)easy

    Answer: Mutt-ivations / a 'paw-sent'

82. 82.Which country gave New York's Rockefeller tree an owl stowaway in 2020?hard

    Answer: USA — a saw-whet owl named Rockefeller

83. 83.What is 'Boxing Day' named after?medium

    Answer: Christmas boxes given to servants and tradespeople

84. 84.What animal is Rudolph sometimes mistaken to be, but isn't?hard

    Answer: A moose / caribou (they're the same species as reindeer!)

85. 85.Do reindeer actually have red noses?hard

    Answer: Their noses are rich in blood vessels — sometimes reddish

86. 86.What do reindeer eyes do in winter?hard

    Answer: They change from gold to blue

87. 87.What sound do reindeer knees make when they walk?hard

    Answer: A clicking sound

88. 88.How many Christmas cards are sent in the US each year, roughly?hard

    Answer: About 1.3–1.6 billion

89. 89.What is the best-selling Christmas toy fad of 1983?medium

    Answer: Cabbage Patch Kids

90. 90.Which 1996 toy caused stampedes at Christmas?medium

    Answer: Tickle Me Elmo

91. 91.Which 1998 toy craze was a fuzzy talking robot?medium

    Answer: Furby

92. 92.What is 'Elf on the Shelf'?easy

    Answer: A scout elf doll that 'reports' to Santa

93. 93.What year was Elf on the Shelf book published?hard

    Answer: 2005

94. 94.What do Ukrainians call the Christmas spider legend decorations?hard

    Answer: Pavuchky

95. 95.What country celebrates Christmas with a giant 'Christmas tree' made of fishing nets?hard

    Answer: Various (e.g. Portugal / Vietnam)

96. 96.What do people in Wales do on 'Mari Lwyd'?hard

    Answer: Carry a horse skull on a pole door to door singing

97. 97.Which country's KFC had 3.6 million Christmas orders in a single year?hard

    Answer: Japan

98. 98.What is the most-returned Christmas gift type?easy

    Answer: Clothing

99. 99.What colour is the tinsel most associated with 1960s aluminium trees?medium

    Answer: Silver

100. 100.What is 'Saint Nicholas Day' in Germany marked by?medium

     Answer: Sweets in shoes on December 6