50 Fun Christmas Trivia Questions (with Answers) for Family Gatherings
Question: Which popular Christmas beverage is also called “milk punch?”
Answer: Eggnog
Question: What did the other reindeer not let Rudolph do because of his shiny red nose?
Answer: Join in any reindeer games
Question: How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol?
Answer: Four
Question: Where was baby Jesus born?
Answer: In Bethlehem
Question: The movie Miracle on 34th Street is based on a real-life department store. What is it?
Answer: Macy’s
Question: What are the two other most popular names for Santa Claus?
Answer: Kris Kringle and Saint Nick
Question: Elvis isn’t going to have a white Christmas he’s going to have a….
Answer: Blue Christmas
Question: What do people traditionally put on top of a Christmas tree?
Answer: An angel
Question: In Home Alone, where are the McCallisters going on vacation when they leave Kevin behind?
Answer: Paris
Question: In the classic Christmas movie, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch was described with three words. What are they?
Answer: Stink, stank, stunk
Question: In which modern-day country was St. Nicholas born in?
Answer: Turkey (originally Patara, a city in the ancient district of Lycia, in Asia Minor)
Question: In the movie It’s A Wonderful Life, what happened every time a bell rang?
Answer: An angel got his wings
Question: What words follow “Silent Night” in the song?
Answer: Holy night
Question: Which Hollywood actor played six different roles in The Polar Express?
Answer: Tom Hanks
Question: In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, what was the first name of Scrooge?
Answer: Ebenezer
Question: Which country did eggnog come from?
Answer: England
Question: Which real-life person is Santa Claus based on?
Answer: The Christian bishop St. Nicholas
Question: What did Frosty The Snowman do when a magic hat was placed on his head?
Answer: He began to dance around
Question: What is Ralphie’s little brother’s name in the movie A Christmas Story?
Answer: Randy
Question: Which Christmas song contains the lyric “Everyone dancing merrily in the new old-fashioned way?”
Answer: “Rocking Around The Christmas Tree”
Question: What are you supposed to do when you find yourself under the mistletoe?
Answer: Kiss
Question: Which one of Santa’s reindeer has the same name as another holiday mascot?
Answer: Cupid
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Question: Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
Answer: Germany
Question: In the song “Winter Wonderland,” what do we call the snowman?
Answer: Parson Brown
Question: In the movie Elf, what was the first rule of The Code of Elves?
Answer: Treat every day like Christmas
Question: What’s the name of the main villain in The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Answer: Oogie Boogie
Question: According to the song, what did my true love give to me on the eighth day of Christmas?
Answer: Eight maids a milking
Question: What was the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time?
Answer: Home Alone
Question: Whose eyes are all aglow in “The Christmas Song?”
Answer: Tiny tots
Question: What was the real name of the character Tim Allen plays in The Santa Clause?
Answer: Scott Calvin
Question: How many gifts in total were given in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” song?
Answer: 364
Question: Which fairy tale was the first gingerbread houses inspired by?
Answer: Hansel and Gretel
Question: In the movie A Christmas Story, what was the name of the neighbors whose dog ate the Christmas turkey?
Answer: The Bumpuses
Question: How do you say “Merry Christmas” in Spanish?
Answer: Feliz Navidad
Question: Where did the word and idea “Christmukkah” come from?
Answer: The O.C.
Question: What is the name of the last ghost that visits Scrooge in A Christmas Carol?
Answer: The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come
Question: Visions of which food danced in children’s heads as they slept in the poem “‘Twas The Night Before Christmas?”
Answer: Sugar plums
Question: What gift did the Little Drummer Boy give to the newborn Christ?
Answer: He played a song for him on his drums
Question: What is the best-selling Christmas song ever?
Answer: “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby
Question: Who wrote, “Christmas doesn’t come from a store, maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more?”
Answer: Dr. Seuss
Question: Three of Santa’s reindeer’s names begin with the letter “D.” What are those names?
Answer: Dancer, Dasher, and Donner
Question: What was Frosty the Snowman’s nose made out?
Answer: A button
Question: What is the name of George Bailey’s guardian angel in It’s A Wonderful Life?
Answer: Clarence Odbody
Question: In the 1964 movie Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, what was the name of Rudolph’s elf friend?
Answer: Hermey
Question: What popular Christmas song was actually written for Thanksgiving?
Answer: “Jingle Bells”
Question: What was the first company that used Santa Claus in advertising?
Answer: Coca-Cola
Question: In “The Christmas Song,” who did the narrator see kissing Santa Claus under the mistletoe?
Answer: Mommy
Question: In the movie Elf, how does Buddy get to the North Pole?
Answer: He hides in Santa’s sack
Question: Where did there arise such a clatter?
Answer: On the lawn
Question: What are Christmas trees also called?
Answer: Yule-Tree
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