Fun Facts about Christmas' Quiz

Fun facts about

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Christmas?

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Exactly how old is Santa?

Santa Claus is 1,751 years old as far as 2022.

Santa Claus is 500 years old.

Santa Claus is 100 years old.

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According to the blog Email Santa, Santa Claus is 1,751 years old as of 2022. In fact, the origins of Santa Claus can be traced all the way back to a monk named Saint Nicholas, who was born between 260 and 280 A.D. in a village called Patara, which is part of modern-day Turkey.

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'Jingle Bells' was the first song played in space.

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True

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On the 16 December 1965, the song 'Jingle Bells' made history by becoming the first song to be played in space during NASA’s Gemini 6A space flight.

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Who created the red coated modern image of Santa Claus we know and love today?

Thomas Nast in the 1870s.

The Coca-Cola company.

Jesus Christ.

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The Coca-Cola company is often credited with creating the red coated modern image of Santa Claus we know and love today but this isn’t true! Most of his modern image was put together by Thomas Nast in the 1870s, a Civil War Cartoonist.

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In Austria if you’ve been bad , you get Krampus. Can you identify it?

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Krampus is a half man, half goat creature that punishes naughty children at Christmas time by chasing them around or even dragging them to hell and is the Austrian equivalent of getting coal in your stocking from Saint Nicholas.

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Who sent the first official Christmas Card?

Queen Victoria

King Charles II

Santa Claus

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Queen Victoria was the first official person to send a Christmas card, but the first commercial card came in 1843 when Sir Henry Cole produced 1000 and sold them for one shilling (0,53€) each.

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In Ukraine, spiders are thought of as symbols of good luck during Christmas.

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True

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"Spiders have always been considered 'good luck insects' in Ukrainian tradition. This is why you will see Ukrainians decorate their Christmas tree with a spider web. It's believed that the webs will bring good fortune and luck for the upcoming year.

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What do Norwegians hide on Christmas Eve?

The Christmas trees.

The brooms.

The presents.

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Norwegians hide their brooms because they believe that Evil Spirits come out on Christmas Eve looking for brooms to ride on.

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In Caracas (Venezuela's capital city), people roller-skate to church on Christmas morning.

False

True

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On Christmas morning, the roads in Caracas are closed to traffic to allow citizens to roller-skate to church. Yes, that’s right, roller-skate to church. In addition to this, children living in houses along the skating route tie one end of a piece of string to their big toe and hang the other end out of the window for the roller skaters to tug on (gently, we hope) as they whizz past. Quite why this bizarre custom caught on is unknown.

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More than 400,000 illnesses are caused by spoiled Christmas leftovers.

False

True

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Visa credit cards are used about 6,000 times every minute during the Christmas season.

False

True

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