102 Christmas Trivia Questions and Answers for Kids, Families and Adults

Short answer: Here are 102 Christmas trivia questions and answers in 6 rounds: easy questions for kids, Christmas history, Christmas around the world, food and drink, movies and music, and true or false. Each round works on its own, so you can play one round at dinner or all six at a party.

We’re a DTF print shop, so at the end we also show how to host a trivia night and make matching team shirts. BeeDTF prints DTF transfers in San Jose, California, and ships them across the United States.

Easy Christmas trivia questions for kids

These 25 questions are for ages 5 and up. Read them out loud and let younger kids answer first.

1. What color is Santa’s suit?
   Answer: Red
2. What do people leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve?
   Answer: Milk and cookies
3. Where does Santa live?
   Answer: The North Pole
4. What does Santa ride on Christmas Eve?
   Answer: A sleigh
5. How many reindeer pull Santa’s sleigh in the poem “’Twas the Night Before Christmas”?
   Answer: Eight
6. What do we call Santa’s helpers?
   Answer: Elves
7. What do you hang by the fireplace for Santa to fill?
   Answer: Stockings
8. What is a baby reindeer called?
   Answer: A calf
9. What letter is a candy cane shaped like?
   Answer: J
10. What goes on top of a Christmas tree?
    Answer: A star or an angel
11. What do snowmen often have for a nose?
    Answer: A carrot
12. What date is Christmas Eve?
    Answer: December 24
13. What do naughty children get in their stockings, according to legend?
    Answer: Coal
14. What plant with red leaves is popular at Christmas?
    Answer: The poinsettia
15. What plant do people kiss under?
    Answer: Mistletoe
16. Which cookie is shaped like a person?
    Answer: A gingerbread man
17. What do you call a song sung at Christmas?
    Answer: A carol
18. What does Santa say when he laughs?
    Answer: Ho ho ho
19. What color are holly berries?
    Answer: Red
20. How many days are in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”?
    Answer: Twelve
21. What calendar counts down the days to Christmas?
    Answer: An Advent calendar
22. What house can you build from gingerbread and icing?
    Answer: A gingerbread house
23. What falls from the sky on a white Christmas?
    Answer: Snow
24. In which month is Christmas?
    Answer: December
25. What do you put under the tree?
    Answer: Presents

Christmas history trivia questions

25 questions on where Christmas traditions come from.

26. According to the Bible, in which town was Jesus born?
    Answer: Bethlehem
27. Which country started the tradition of the Christmas tree?
    Answer: Germany
28. In what year was “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (“’Twas the Night Before Christmas”) first published?
    Answer: 1823
29. Who wrote “A Christmas Carol”?
    Answer: Charles Dickens, in 1843
30. What is the name of the main character in “A Christmas Carol”?
    Answer: Ebenezer Scrooge
31. Besides Jacob Marley, how many ghosts visit Scrooge?
    Answer: Three
32. Which was the first U.S. state to make Christmas a legal holiday?
    Answer: Alabama, in 1836
33. In what year was the first commercial Christmas card sold?
    Answer: 1843, in England
34. Which saint is Santa Claus based on?
    Answer: Saint Nicholas
35. In which ancient city was Saint Nicholas a bishop?
    Answer: Myra, in today’s Turkey
36. What does the word “Noel” come from?
    Answer: The Latin word for birth (natalis)
37. What three gifts did the wise men bring?
    Answer: Gold, frankincense and myrrh
38. What is December 26 called in the UK, Canada and Australia?
    Answer: Boxing Day
39. Which U.S. president lit the first National Christmas Tree in 1923?
    Answer: Calvin Coolidge
40. Who put the first electric lights on a Christmas tree, in 1882?
    Answer: Edward H. Johnson, a partner of Thomas Edison
41. During which war did the 1914 Christmas truce happen?
    Answer: World War I
42. Which country sends London a Christmas tree for Trafalgar Square every year?
    Answer: Norway
43. What does the X in “Xmas” stand for?
    Answer: The Greek letter chi, the first letter of “Christ” in Greek
44. What fruit decorated early German Christmas trees?
    Answer: Apples
45. How many gifts are given in total in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”?
    Answer: 364
46. What gift comes on the first day in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”?
    Answer: A partridge in a pear tree
47. In what year did Christmas become a U.S. federal holiday?
    Answer: 1870
48. How many candles are on a traditional Advent wreath?
    Answer: Four, often with a fifth in the center
49. The carol “O Christmas Tree” comes from which German song?
    Answer: O Tannenbaum
50. Which ancient Roman winter festival is often linked to Christmas customs?
    Answer: Saturnalia

Christmas around the world trivia

15 questions on how other countries celebrate.

51. In which country do children leave shoes out for Sinterklaas?
    Answer: The Netherlands
52. What is the name of the kind witch who brings gifts to children in Italy on January 6?
    Answer: La Befana
53. In which country is fried chicken a popular Christmas dinner?
    Answer: Japan
54. What are the nine nights of processions before Christmas called in Mexico?
    Answer: Las Posadas
55. What is the name of the horned creature who punishes naughty children in Alpine folklore?
    Answer: Krampus
56. Which Swedish town builds a giant straw Christmas goat?
    Answer: Gävle
57. In Australia, Christmas falls in which season?
    Answer: Summer
58. On what date do many Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas?
    Answer: January 7
59. How many Yule Lads visit children in Iceland?
    Answer: 13
60. What is Christmas Eve called in Spanish?
    Answer: Nochebuena
61. In the Philippines, in which month does the Christmas season start?
    Answer: September
62. How many dishes are traditional at Christmas Eve supper in Poland and Ukraine?
    Answer: 12
63. What do people pull open at Christmas dinner in the UK?
    Answer: Christmas crackers
64. What is the French Christmas cake shaped like a log called?
    Answer: Bûche de Noël
65. What is Christmas called in France?
    Answer: Noël

Christmas food and drink trivia

10 questions for the cooks and cookie lovers.

66. What holiday drink is made with milk, sugar, eggs and nutmeg?
    Answer: Eggnog
67. Which British Christmas dessert is often set on fire with brandy?
    Answer: Christmas pudding
68. What German Christmas bread is covered in powdered sugar?
    Answer: Stollen
69. What sweet Italian Christmas bread comes from Milan?
    Answer: Panettone
70. Which spice gives gingerbread its name?
    Answer: Ginger
71. What flavor is a classic candy cane?
    Answer: Peppermint
72. What is inside a traditional mince pie?
    Answer: Dried fruit and spices (mincemeat)
73. What is mulled wine?
    Answer: Red wine heated with spices such as cinnamon and cloves
74. What is the main dish of a traditional British Christmas dinner?
    Answer: Roast turkey
75. What is wassail?
    Answer: A hot spiced drink made with cider or ale

Christmas movie and music trivia

15 questions on holiday films and songs.

76. Which 1946 film follows George Bailey on Christmas Eve?
    Answer: It’s a Wonderful Life
77. In “Home Alone” (1990), which city does the family fly to?
    Answer: Paris
78. Who released “All I Want for Christmas Is You” in 1994?
    Answer: Mariah Carey
79. Who wrote the song “White Christmas”?
    Answer: Irving Berlin
80. Which singer recorded the best-selling version of “White Christmas”?
    Answer: Bing Crosby
81. In which country was “Silent Night” first performed, in 1818?
    Answer: Austria
82. Which department store is at the center of “Miracle on 34th Street”?
    Answer: Macy’s
83. What was the original German title of “Silent Night”?
    Answer: Stille Nacht
84. In what year did Bobby Helms release “Jingle Bell Rock”?
    Answer: 1957
85. Who plays Buddy in the 2003 movie “Elf”?
    Answer: Will Ferrell
86. Who composed the music for “The Nutcracker” ballet?
    Answer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
87. Which band released “Last Christmas” in 1984?
    Answer: Wham!
88. Who sang “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” in 1958?
    Answer: Brenda Lee
89. Who plays Scrooge in “The Muppet Christmas Carol” (1992)?
    Answer: Michael Caine
90. Who wrote and sang “Feliz Navidad” in 1970?
    Answer: José Feliciano

Christmas true or false questions

12 quick questions. Answer true or false.

91. Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in the 1800s.
    Answer: True (1882)
92. Coca-Cola invented Santa’s red suit.
    Answer: False. Santa wore red in illustrations long before the 1930s ads.
93. Female reindeer grow antlers.
    Answer: True
94. Poinsettias are native to Mexico.
    Answer: True
95. “Jingle Bells” was the first song played in space.
    Answer: True (Gemini 6, December 1965)
96. Mistletoe grows on trees as a parasite.
    Answer: True
97. Boxing Day is named after the sport of boxing.
    Answer: False. It comes from giving boxes of gifts.
98. Japan’s fried chicken Christmas dinner started with a 1970s ad campaign.
    Answer: True (1974)
99. The Gävle straw goat in Sweden has been burned many times.
    Answer: True
100. Reindeer live only in North America.
     Answer: False. They also live in Europe and Asia.
101. “Silent Night” was first played on a guitar.
     Answer: True
102. Christmas has always been on December 25 for every church.
     Answer: False. Many Orthodox churches celebrate on January 7.

How do you host a Christmas trivia night?

You host a Christmas trivia night by splitting guests into teams of 3–5, playing 4–6 rounds of 10 questions and giving one point per correct answer. A full game takes about 60–90 minutes.

1. Pick rounds: mix easy and hard rounds so kids and adults both score.
2. Make teams: mix ages on each team, or play kids against grown-ups.
3. Set the rules: no phones, 30 seconds per question, answers written on paper.
4. Keep score: one point per answer; a bonus point for the true-or-false round.
5. Give a prize: a small trophy, first pick of cookies or a homemade “Trivia Champion” shirt.

How do you make matching shirts for trivia teams?

You make trivia team shirts by printing one team design as DTF transfers, one per player, and pressing them at 275°F for 7 seconds. A different color shirt per team makes scoring easy to follow in photos.

For family sizes and print placement, see our guide to matching family Christmas shirts.

Frequently asked questions about Christmas trivia

How many questions should a Christmas trivia game have?

40–60 questions is a good size: 4–6 rounds of 10. That takes about an hour.

What are good Christmas trivia questions for kids?

Simple questions about Santa, reindeer, snowmen and Christmas symbols. Use the easy round above.

What are hard Christmas trivia questions for adults?

History and around-the-world questions are the hardest, such as the year “A Visit from St. Nicholas” was published (1823).

How do you keep Christmas trivia fair for all ages?

Mix ages on each team, or give kids their own easy round worth the same points.

Can I print these questions?

Yes, for personal use at home, school or a party.