Christmas trivia questions

Ten festive prompts

Songs and films are the classics; the character and stocking prompts are made for children. Under each are the answers people give first, the ones nobody wins with.

1. Name a Christmas song or carol 171 answers

   Said first

   • Jingle Bells
   • Silent Night
   • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
   • White Christmas

   All answers A–Z

2. Name a Christmas movie 148 answers

   Said first

   • Home Alone
   • Elf
   • The Polar Express
   • It's a Wonderful Life

   All answers A–Z

3. Name a Christmas character 121 answers

   Said first

   • Santa Claus
   • Rudolph
   • The Grinch
   • Frosty the Snowman

   All answers A–Z

4. Name a Christmas food or drink 207 answers

   Said first

   • Turkey
   • Mince pies
   • Christmas pudding
   • Christmas cake

   All answers A–Z

5. Name a Christmas decoration or symbol 143 answers

   Said first

   • Christmas tree
   • Tinsel
   • Baubles
   • Lights

   All answers A–Z

6. Name something you find in a Christmas stocking 148 answers

   Said first

   • Candy
   • Chocolate
   • Candy cane
   • Orange

   All answers A–Z

7. Name something you think of at Christmas 139 answers

   Said first

   • Christmas tree
   • Presents
   • Santa Claus
   • Turkey

   All answers A–Z

8. Name a type of cookie or biscuit 182 answers

   Said first

   • Chocolate chip cookie
   • Oreo
   • Shortbread

   All answers A–Z

9. Name a toy 195 answers

   Said first

   • Lego
   • Teddy bear
   • Doll
   • Ball

   All answers A–Z

10. Name something you wear in winter 103 answers

    Said first

    • Coat
    • Jacket
    • Hat
    • Gloves

    All answers A–Z

How to run a Christmas quiz

1. Read a prompt and give every team a minute to write three answers.
2. An answer no other team wrote scores 3, one another team also wrote scores 1.
3. The answers listed above score 1 at most: nobody wins with Santa.
4. Tie-break: teams take turns naming a reindeer, a carol or a Christmas film until one runs out.

More rounds are in how to host a trivia night; for family in other places, Seal Circle plays the same idea online.

A little Christmas history

Santa Claus grew out of Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop of Myra known for secret gifts, by way of the Dutch Sinterklaas. His reindeer arrived in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, which named eight of them; Rudolph joined in 1939, in a booklet written for a department store.

The decorated tree came from Germany and spread through Britain after pictures of Queen Victoria’s family around one were printed in 1848. Christmas cards started in London in 1843.

Questions

What are good Christmas trivia questions for kids?

Prompts every child can answer without reading: a Christmas character, something in a stocking, a toy, a kind of cookie. Everybody has an answer, and the rare ones are the fun.

How long should a Christmas quiz be?

Ten prompts make about an hour with scoring. For a party, five rounds between dinner and dessert are plenty.

Can we play a Christmas quiz online with family far away?

Yes. Seal Circle is free: two to twelve players join a room with a code and take turns, and every answer can only be said once.