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Christmas Trivia Questions and Answers: 80 Questions for Kids and Adults
80 Christmas trivia questions with answers, sorted from easy kids' questions to hard ones for adults, plus how to run a Christmas trivia game.
These 80 Christmas trivia questions come with answers and are sorted into eight rounds: easy questions for kids, Santa and his reindeer, Christmas movies, Christmas songs, food and drink, Christmas around the world, history and traditions, and hard questions for adults. Read them aloud for a family quiz, split the room into teams, or open a free trivia game on one screen.
Key takeaways
Start with the easy round so kids can score early, then move to movies and songs for mixed groups.
Save the history and hard rounds for adults or older teens.
Play in two to four teams and give one point per correct answer.
For a game-show board, use CardYard's Christmas Jeopardy, which builds 25 clues in five festive categories.
How to run a Christmas trivia game
Split the group into two to four teams and pick a quizmaster.
Read one round of ten questions. Teams write their answers down.
Reveal the answers at the end of each round and add up the points.
Play three or four rounds, then a final tie-breaker from the hard round.
For a ready-made board, open Christmas Jeopardy. It builds 25 clues in five festive categories for two to four teams and keeps score. For multiple-choice questions on screen, open Trivia and type "Christmas" as the theme.
Easy Christmas trivia for kids
What color is Santa's suit? Answer: Red.
Where does Santa live? Answer: The North Pole.
Who helps Santa make toys? Answer: Elves.
How does Santa get into houses on Christmas Eve? Answer: Down the chimney.
What do children leave out for Santa? Answer: Milk and cookies.
What do you usually use for a snowman's nose? Answer: A carrot.
What do people often put on top of a Christmas tree? Answer: A star or an angel.
Which reindeer has a shiny red nose? Answer: Rudolph.
What do you hang by the fireplace for Santa to fill? Answer: A stocking.
How many points does a snowflake have? Answer: Six.
Santa and reindeer trivia
How many reindeer pull Santa's sleigh, counting Rudolph? Answer: Nine.
Name the eight reindeer from the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas." Answer: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen.
Which reindeer shares a name with a Valentine's Day figure? Answer: Cupid.
What is Santa called in the United Kingdom? Answer: Father Christmas.
Which saint is Santa Claus based on? Answer: Saint Nicholas.
What do naughty children get in their stockings, according to tradition? Answer: Coal.
The poem that begins "'Twas the night before Christmas" has another title. What is it? Answer: "A Visit from St. Nicholas."
In the song, what did the other reindeer never let Rudolph join in? Answer: Reindeer games.
What does Santa check twice? Answer: His list.
In the Netherlands, what is the gift-giver who arrives in early December called? Answer: Sinterklaas.
Christmas movie trivia
In "Home Alone," where is the McCallister family flying for Christmas? Answer: Paris.
What is the name of the boy left behind in "Home Alone"? Answer: Kevin McCallister.
In "Elf," who plays Buddy? Answer: Will Ferrell.
In "Elf," what are the four main food groups? Answer: Candy, candy canes, candy corn and syrup.
What is the name of the Grinch's dog? Answer: Max.
In which town do the Whos live? Answer: Whoville.
In "A Christmas Story," what does Ralphie want for Christmas? Answer: A Red Ryder BB gun.
In "It's a Wonderful Life," what happens every time a bell rings? Answer: An angel gets his wings.
In "The Polar Express," what gift does the boy choose from Santa? Answer: A bell from Santa's sleigh.
In "The Nightmare Before Christmas," what title does Jack Skellington hold? Answer: The Pumpkin King.
Christmas song trivia
Who sang "All I Want for Christmas Is You" in 1994? Answer: Mariah Carey.
Which singer first made "White Christmas" famous? Answer: Bing Crosby.
Which band released "Last Christmas"? Answer: Wham!
Finish the lyric: "Rockin' around the Christmas..." Answer: "Tree."
Which song begins "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire"? Answer: "The Christmas Song."
In which language was "Silent Night" first written? Answer: German.
Which song starts "Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh"? Answer: "Jingle Bells."
In "The Twelve Days of Christmas," what is given on the fifth day? Answer: Five golden rings.
In "The Twelve Days of Christmas," what is given on the first day? Answer: A partridge in a pear tree.
Who wrote and sang "Feliz Navidad"? Answer: José Feliciano.
Christmas food and drink trivia
Which spice gives gingerbread its name? Answer: Ginger.
Which creamy holiday drink is made with milk, sugar and eggs? Answer: Eggnog.
Which striped candy is shaped like a shepherd's crook? Answer: A candy cane.
What is the French name for a Christmas log cake? Answer: Bûche de Noël.
What do people pour over a British Christmas pudding and set alight? Answer: Brandy.
Which fast-food chicken meal is a popular Christmas tradition in Japan? Answer: KFC.
Which Italian-American Christmas Eve dinner features several kinds of seafood? Answer: The Feast of the Seven Fishes.
What are small mince-filled pastries eaten at Christmas in the UK called? Answer: Mince pies.
Which German Christmas bread is dusted with powdered sugar? Answer: Stollen.
What nut is "roasting on an open fire" in the famous song? Answer: Chestnuts.
Christmas around the world
Which country started the tradition of the decorated Christmas tree? Answer: Germany.
Which country sends a Christmas tree to London's Trafalgar Square every year? Answer: Norway.
In Australia, which season is it at Christmas? Answer: Summer.
In Mexico, what are the nine nights of celebration before Christmas called? Answer: Las Posadas.
Which plant, native to Mexico, is known as the Christmas flower? Answer: The poinsettia.
In Italy, which kind witch brings gifts on the night before Epiphany? Answer: La Befana.
What are Iceland's 13 mischievous Christmas visitors called? Answer: The Yule Lads.
Krampus, Santa's scary companion, comes from the folklore of which region? Answer: The Alps (Austria and southern Germany).
"Feliz Navidad" means Merry Christmas in which language? Answer: Spanish.
What is the day after Christmas called in the UK, Canada and Australia? Answer: Boxing Day.
Christmas history and traditions
On what date is Christmas Day? Answer: December 25.
According to the Bible, in which town was Jesus born? Answer: Bethlehem.
What three gifts did the wise men bring? Answer: Gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Which angel visited Mary in the Christmas story? Answer: Gabriel.
Who wrote "A Christmas Carol"? Answer: Charles Dickens.
What is the name of the miser in "A Christmas Carol"? Answer: Ebenezer Scrooge.
How many spirits visit Scrooge after Jacob Marley's ghost? Answer: Three.
What is the family name of Tiny Tim? Answer: Cratchit.
What are people supposed to do when they meet under the mistletoe? Answer: Kiss.
What brings Frosty the Snowman to life? Answer: A magic hat.
Hard Christmas trivia for adults
In what year was "A Christmas Carol" first published? Answer: 1843.
How many gifts are given in total in "The Twelve Days of Christmas"? Answer: 364.
The first artificial Christmas trees, made in Germany, used which material? Answer: Dyed goose feathers.
Which US president is credited with the first indoor White House Christmas tree, in 1889? Answer: Benjamin Harrison.
In "Die Hard," which company's Christmas party is taken over? Answer: Nakatomi.
In "It's a Wonderful Life," what is the name of George Bailey's guardian angel? Answer: Clarence.
Which city is "Miracle on 34th Street" set in? Answer: New York City.
What is the German name for Christmas Eve? Answer: Heiligabend.
In the Netherlands, on which evening does Sinterklaas bring presents? Answer: December 5.
Which Christmas song is often cited as the best-selling single of all time? Answer: "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby.
More Christmas games for your party
Trivia works best as one part of the night. Mix in Christmas charades, the Christmas categories game and Christmas Would You Rather. For a full list, see our Christmas party games.
Questions, answered
What are good Christmas trivia questions?
Good Christmas trivia questions mix easy picks, such as "Which reindeer has a red nose?", with movie, song and around-the-world questions. Save harder ones, such as "In what year was A Christmas Carol published?", for adults.
What are easy Christmas trivia questions for kids?
Ask about Santa's suit color, where Santa lives, which reindeer has a red nose, what goes on top of the tree, and what you use for a snowman's nose. The easy round above has ten.
What are good Christmas movie trivia questions?
Ask where the McCallisters fly in "Home Alone" (Paris), what Ralphie wants in "A Christmas Story" (a Red Ryder BB gun), and what happens when a bell rings in "It's a Wonderful Life" (an angel gets his wings).
How do you host a Christmas trivia night?
Split guests into two to four teams, read ten questions per round, reveal answers at the end of each round, and play three or four rounds. Use a hard question as the tie-breaker.
Is there a free Christmas trivia game online?
Yes. CardYard's Christmas Jeopardy builds a 25-clue board for two to four teams on a shared screen, and Trivia shows multiple-choice questions with any theme you type. Both run in a browser with no download.