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Christmas Traditions - Trivia Game




Christmas Traditions - Christmas Trivia Quiz/Game


The following trivia quiz is based on some classic holiday traditions. Take your time and review each answer carefully. Select the best answer for each holiday trivia question, then click the button below to see your score.



1.

Evergreen boughs have been hung in homes for centuries. Over doors, mantles and pathways, folks have hung evergreen boughs to ward off

 

a.

salespeople

 

b.

witches, evil spirits and illness

 

c.

disagreeable neighbors

 

d.

mean people


2.

Winter Solstice is the longest night and the shortest day of the year. People have long hung evergreen boughs to remind them that

 

a.

they should be thankful all year 'round

 

b.

mother nature can have a nasty temper

 

c.

summer is around the corner and the green plants will grow again

 

d.

Christmas is only a few days away.


3.

Romans celebrated a feast called the Saturnalia, in honor of Saturn, the god of agriculture. The Romans marked the feast with evergreen boughs because they knew that

 

a.

green was Saturnalia's favorite color

 

b.

the farms would soon be fruitful and green

 

c.

they were afraid to anger Saturnalia and lose their upcoming crops

 

d.

Saturnalia disliked the color green


4.

It is a widely held belief that Martin Luther, the 16th-century Protestant reformer, first added lighted candles to a tree. It is said that he did this to depict

 

a.

the night stars in the sky

 

b.

the twinkle of his first-love's eyes

 

c.

the beginning of the renaissance era

 

d.

a Michaelango painting


5.

The Pennsylvania German settlements had community trees as early as 1747. But, as late as the 1840s Christmas trees were not accepted by most Americans because they were seen a

 

a.

fire hazards

 

b.

pagan symbols

 

c.

too messy to clean up

 

d.

no longer in style


6.

By the 1890s Christmas ornaments were arriving from

 

a.

the north pole

 

b.

Iceland

 

c.

Germany

 

d.

Mexico


7.

The early 20th century found Americans decorating their trees with mostly

 

a.

cranberries and marzipan cookies

 

b.

lace and ribbons

 

c.

homemade ornaments

 

d.

popcorn


8.

It is always best to mount your Christmas Tree

 

a.

in a big pot of dry sand

 

b.

by slicing the trunk at an angle and placing it in a water holding stand

 

c.

into one of those stands with screws

 

d.

no need to mount at all


9.

Christmas Trees take this long to mature

 

a.

3-5 years

 

b.

7-10 years

 

c.

11-15 years

 

d.

16-20 years


10.

In the first week, a tree in your home will consume this much water daily

 

a.

a cup

 

b.

a quart

 

c.

two quarts

 

d.

gallon




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