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98 free Kids Christmas trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
40 free Kids Christmas trivia questions with answers. Christmas trivia for kids works best when the questions are winnable. These 40 are pitched for children and families: the films they already know, the reindeer with the famous nose, what naughty children traditionally find in their stocking, and a few odd true facts to hand back at the dinner table. The second half is Christmas Bible trivia for kids: where Jesus was born, which angel visited Mary, who the shepherds met, what the wise men carried and why the family fled to Egypt. It suits a Sunday school class, a church Christmas party or a family quiz on Christmas Eve, and every question is one an 8-to-12-year-old can get right. Every answer is checked against a cited source, and each one comes with a short explanation so it teaches something on the way past.
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Q 01Which reindeer is famous for a glowing red nose?
Rudolph
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was created in 1939 by Robert L. May for a department-store giveaway booklet; Gene Autry's hit song followed in 1949.
Q 02Who wrote How the Grinch Stole Christmas!?
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Geisel, writing as Dr. Seuss, published the rhyming story in 1957.
Q 03Which city does the McCallister family fly to at the start of Home Alone?
Paris
The family flies to Paris for Christmas, and the mother only realises mid-flight that one child has been left at home.
Q 04What is the town where the Whos live called?
Whoville
The Whos live in Whoville, the town below Mount Crumpit, where the Grinch sulks in his cave and plots to steal their Christmas.
Q 05Which actor plays Buddy in the film Elf?
Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell plays the human raised by elves who goes to New York to find his father.
Q 06What is the name of the Grinch's dog?
Max
Max is the long-suffering dog who ends up harnessed to the sleigh.
Q 07What do badly behaved children traditionally find in their stocking?
A lump of coal
The custom holds that a child who misbehaves all year gets coal instead of presents.
Q 08In the song, what brings Frosty the Snowman to life?
A magic silk hat
Children put an old silk hat on the snowman's head and he begins to dance around.
Q 09In Home Alone, what are the two burglars called?
Harry and Marv
The burglars are Harry and Marv, played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern, who call themselves the Wet Bandits and target empty houses on the street.
Q 10Boxing Day is celebrated on which date?
26 December
Boxing Day is 26 December, the day after Christmas Day, and a public holiday in the UK, Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries.
Q 11How many little doors does a standard Advent calendar have?
24
A standard Advent calendar has 24 doors, one for each day from 1 December through Christmas Eve on 24 December.
Q 12Decorated gingerbread houses are usually linked to which fairy tale?
Hansel and Gretel
Gingerbread houses are linked to Hansel and Gretel, the Brothers Grimm tale of 1812 in which two lost children find a witch's house made of bread, cake and sugar.
Q 13The film Elf came out in which year?
2003
Elf reached cinemas in 2003 and became a fixture of the holiday rewatch season.
Q 14Who sang the best-known recording of "White Christmas"?
Q 21Advent calendars were first used by Lutherans in which country?
Germany
German Lutherans began the practice, and it spread to other churches and then to chocolate makers.
Q 22Which American retailer first handed out the story of the red-nosed reindeer in 1939?
Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward commissioned Robert L. May to write the Rudolph story as a giveaway booklet for its Christmas shoppers in 1939; the song followed in 1949.
Q 23What was the song "Jingle Bells" originally called?
The One Horse Open Sleigh
The One Horse Open Sleigh was the title; the lyric about dashing through the snow was published in September 1857.
Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby introduced the song, and his recording is the world's best-selling single.
Q 15Which poem opens with the line "Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house"?
A Visit from St. Nicholas
A Visit from St. Nicholas was first printed anonymously in the Troy Sentinel newspaper in December 1823 and is usually credited to Clement Clarke Moore.
Q 16In which country was the carol "Silent Night" first performed?
Austria
Silent Night was first sung in Austria on Christmas Eve 1818, at St Nicholas church in Oberndorf near Salzburg, with words by Joseph Mohr and music by Franz Gruber.
Q 17The poinsettia, a common Christmas plant, grows wild in which country?
Mexico
The plant is native to Mexico and Central America and only became a Christmas decoration after being brought north in the 1820s.
Q 18In which country did a 1970s advertising campaign turn fried chicken into a Christmas custom?
Japan
In Japan, KFC's 1974 'Kentucky for Christmas' campaign made a bucket of fried chicken the standard Christmas meal for millions of families.
Q 19Saint Nicholas, the real bishop behind Santa Claus, served a city in which modern country?
Turkey
Nicholas was bishop of Myra, in what is now Turkey, and his reputation for secret gift-giving grew into the Santa story.
Q 20Which royal couple helped make Christmas trees fashionable in Britain?
Victoria and Albert
Victoria and Albert popularised the tree: an 1848 Illustrated London News engraving of the royal family around a decorated tree at Windsor made it a must-have at home.
Q 24In Alpine folklore, which horned figure deals with badly behaved children?
Krampus
Krampus, the horned companion of Saint Nicholas in Austrian and Bavarian folklore, appears on 5 December carrying birch rods to threaten naughty children.
Q 25In which town was Jesus born?
Bethlehem
The town sits about six miles south of Jerusalem and was also the birthplace of King David, which is why the Bible calls it the City of David.
Q 26Which angel visited Mary to tell her she would have a son?
Gabriel
The angel Gabriel brought the news to Mary in Luke's Gospel; his greeting, 'Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee', became the opening of the Hail Mary prayer.
Q 27Because there was nowhere for the family to stay, where was the newborn baby Jesus laid?
In a manger
A manger is a feeding trough for animals, which is why nativity scenes are set in a stable.
Q 28An angel announced the birth of Jesus to which group of people, who were out in the fields at night?
Shepherds
Luke's Gospel says shepherds watching their flocks by night were told by an angel to look for a baby wrapped in cloths, as a host of angels sang 'Glory to God in the highest'.
Q 29What three gifts did the wise men bring to the baby Jesus?
Gold, frankincense and myrrh
Frankincense and myrrh are both sweet-smelling tree resins that were as precious as gold in the ancient world.
Q 30What did the wise men from the East follow to find the newborn king?
A star
Matthew's Gospel says the wise men followed a star that went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was; astronomers have suggested a comet or a conjunction of planets.