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- 2. Traditional in Germany at Christmas, what sort of food is stollen?
- 7. Which of the Wise Men was said to have brought the gift of gold for the baby Jesus?
- 9. How many points does a snowflake have?
- 10. What day of the week was Christmas day in the year 2000 (in the conventional western calendar)?
- 12. White Christmas, a cake made of coconut, crisped rice and dried fruit, is popular in which country?
- 13. Before the tradition of hanging stockings up at Christmas what did Dutch children hang by the fireside?
- 15. In the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, how many pipers are there?
- 17. In Victorian England what people were popularly called robins because of their red uniforms?
- 19. Which country did St Nicholas come from?
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- 1. What colour are the berries of the mistletoe plant?
- 2. What is the birth sign of people born on 25 December?
- 3. What liqueur goes into making a 'snowball' cocktail?
- 4. From which country does the poinsettia plant originate?
- 5. What is New Year's Eve called in Scotland?
- 6. Gwyl San Steffan is the name for 26th WaDecember (St Stephen's Day or Boxing Day) in which country?
- 8. Which token vegetable is often included in the ingredients of a Christmas pudding?
- 11. Which traditional Christmas plant was once so revered by early Britons that it had to be cut with a golden sickle?
- 14. In the song 'The Twelve Days Of Christmas', how many swans were a-swimming?
- 16. What Christmas item takes its name from the old French word estincelle, meaning spark?
- 18. London's Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is traditionally given by which country?