• Which Christmas tree fact is NOT true?
  1. Artificial Christmas trees have outsold real ones every year since 1991.
  2. Nova Scotia leads the world in exporting Christmas trees.
  3. Franklin Pierce was the first president to decorate an official White House Christmas tree.
  4. The Christmas tree was chosen to represent this holy holiday because it’s shape points the way to heaven.
• Which is NOT a Christmas tradition in Italy?
  1. Performing music at shrines of the Virgin Mary and at the homes of carpenters in honor of St. Joseph.
  2. After a day of fasting, enjoying a Christmas Eve feast of eels and a spaghetti dish with anchovies.
  3. Families making tiny pizzas cut into the shape of Christmas trees, reindeer and Santa Claus.
  4. Children awaiting the visit of the good witch La Befana who rides her broom to the homes of good children on Epiphany to distribute gifts to atone for her failing to accompany three wise men on their journey to visit baby Jesus.
• Which is NOT a true fact about the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas?”
  1. The total number of gifts that “my true love gave to me” equals 364.
  2. The total number of gifts that “my true love gave to me” equals 78.
  3. The song wasn’t even written about Christmas and it’s name was later changed from “The Twelve Days of Thanksgiving.”
  4. The song was originally written to help Catholic children in England remember different articles of faith during persecution by Protestant Monarchs.
• Candles have long been a Christmas symbol, but do you know where the tradition started?
  1. Long before the first Christmas, it was customary in Northern Europe to light a candle at the winter solstice in celebration of the birth of light in homage to the sun god, Mithras, to encourage him to reappear in the new year.
  2. Throughout the Middle Ages, a large candle was lit at Christmas time to symbolize the Star of Bethlehem and represent Christ as “the light of the world.”
  3. Both A and B are true.
  4. Neither are true and no one knows for sure.
• In the Dr. Seuss story, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” the Grinch gathers all the accoutrements he needs to pose as Santa Claus. What does he have but NOT use?
  1. Beard
  2. Sleigh
  3. Reindeer
  4. Sack

1. Which Christmas tree fact is NOT true?
   The Christmas tree was chosen to represent this holy holiday because it’s shape points the way to heaven. OK, so maybe it’s true, but the QuizQueen can’t prove that fact, as reasonable as it sounds, because it wasn’t in any of the literature she dug up for this quiz.
2. Which is NOT a Christmas tradition in Italy?
   Families making tiny pizzas cut into the shape of Christmas trees, reindeer and Santa Claus. If you fall for The QuizQueen’s silly answers then you are even sillier!
3. Which is NOT a true fact about the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas?”
   B and C. The song wasn’t even written about Christmas and it’s name was later changed from “The Twelve Days of Thanksgiving.” Remember your son, each day the gifts came again, so they increased exponentially rather than cumulatively. There are some Christmas carols that started out linked to different holidays, but this isn’t one of them.
4. Candles have long been a Christmas symbol, but do you know where the tradition started?
   Both A and B are true. Shame on you if you answered “D.” Don’t you understand yet that The QuizQueen always knows!?!
5. In the Dr. Seuss story, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” the Grinch gathers all the accoutrements he needs to pose as Santa Claus. What does he have but NOT use?
   Beard. He cut himself out a beard, but never used it. In the end, his sacks were used, although they were returned to his mountain top empty except for the presents he got from The Whos, of course.

So how does your Christmas Spirit rate after you award yourself one point for each correct answer?

• 5—SANTA! You are the very symbol of Christmas!
• 4—ELF! You must be one of Santa’s helpers to know so much about Christmas!
• 2—SCROOGE! You need some work to get into the spirit of Christmas!
• 0—GRINCH! Are you trying to steal The QuizQueen’s Christmas spirit?

The QuizQueen used to write weekly quizzes and eZines, mainly around 2005 to 2007. Always funny, always inspiring she seems to have moved away from such creative writing exercises. Her website is no longer relevant!