Christmas Quiz
Posted on December 17th, 2009 by James Higham
1. Child star Jimmy Boyd sang which hugely popular 1950’s Christmas song, which was initially banned by the Catholic Church in Boston because it supposedly mixed sex and Christmas?
2. Who are the four ghosts in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol?
3. On what day does Christmas fall in the Orthodox calendar?
4. In Britain which token vegetable is often included in the ingredients of a Christmas pudding?
5. Which of the Wise Men was said to have brought the gift of gold for the baby Jesus?
Answers
I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus; Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Christmas Yet to Come, and Jacob Marley; January 7th; carrot; Melchior
Filed under: Arts & culture, Diversions
4 I didn’t know the Christmas Pud one.
1. Erm…
2. Yep
3. Ooh…
4. Erm…
5. Yep
1. I saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus
2. Jacob Marley, Christmas past, present and future.
3-
4. raisin
5 [raised by atheist-sorry]
HAPPY CHRISTMAS,JAMES XO
1. “Last Xmas, I gave you my heart”, later covered by Wham!
2. Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simenon and either Terry Chimes or Topper Headon.
3. Tuesday.
4. Brussel Sprout.
5. Gordon Brown.
Didn’t know the carrot one either
No one puts carrots in Christmas Pudding.
Raisins are dried fruits Uber.