Enjoy Some Festive Holiday Trivia

How well do you and your residents know holiday trivia and folkore? Take our quiz and find out! The answers are at the bottom of the post if you get stumped. You can also click here to download a printable PDF of the trivia!

1. Which movie stars Chevy Chase as a father desperately trying to create a fun, old-fashioned family Christmas (with frequently hilarious results)?
2. Fill in the blank: “You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and ____ and Blitzen.”
3. What was the name of the angel tasked with showing George Bailey what the world would be like without him in the movie It’s a Wonderful Life? 
4. What holiday drink is made using sugar, whipped eggs and milk or cream? 
5. What was the name of Tiny Tim’s father in A Christmas Carol? 
6. What is the actual name of the Clement Clarke Moore poem popularly known as “’Twas the Night Before Christmas”? 
7. In the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” what gift is given on the tenth day? 
8. This state was the first to make Christmas an official holiday. 
9. During the holiday season, it is customary to share a kiss under a sprig of this plant. 
10. Santa Claus is modeled after the real-life St. Nicholas, a bishop who lived in which modern-day country? 
11. One of the best-known songs from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker suite is “The Dance of the _____ Fairy.” 
12. In A Charlie Brown Christmas, what does Lucy suggest Charlie Brown do to cure his holiday blues? 
13. This polarizing holiday dessert was originally made using raisins, pomegranate seeds, pine nuts and barley mash. Because of its longevity, it was frequently carried by hunters on long journeys. 
14. This plant accounts for 88 percent of all flowering plant purchases at Christmastime. 
15. This mythical figure is also known as Sinterklaas, Pere Noel, de Kerstman, Father Christmas and Babbo Natale, among other names.

Answers 
1. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation; 2. Donner; 3. Clarence Odbody; 4. Eggnog; 5. Bob Cratchit; 6. “A Visit from Saint Nicholas”; 7. 10 lords a leaping; 8. Alabama; 9. Mistletoe; 10. Turkey; 11. Sugar Plum; 12. Direct the annual Christmas play; 13. Fruitcake; 14. The poinsettia; 15. Santa Claus