A Christmas Quiz Thread

[Merab]

You forgot to ask another question @Merab! (again)

Well I wasn’t sure if I was right on the last answer.
So -
In which country does a little camel traditionally bring Christmas gifts

 

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

Syria?

 

[Merab]

Your turn to ask a question @Mrs Tiggy Winkle

 

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

In which Beatrix Potter story does the word 'Christmas' occur?

 

[Betsy]

The Tailor of Gloucester?

 

[Betsy]

EEK! I got it right! All those nights my Dad read me Beatrix Potter stories when I was a little girl has obviously paid off. He would be so proud!

What is also known as milk punch?

 

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

Egg nog?

 

[Betsy]

Yep! Your turn

 

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

Let me see.../think...

 

[Merab]

 

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

What country officially no longer celebrates Christmas on January 6th?

 

[Merab]

Ukraine

When was Christmas banned In England

 

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

When Oliver Cromwell was active?

 

[Betsy]

1647?

 

[Merab]

When Oliver Cromwell was active?

1647?

You are both right - 1647 in England by Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans.

One of you needs to ask the next question

 

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

I think @Betsy is closer to the truth so she should ask

 

[Betsy]

Thanks @Mrs Tiggy Winkle.

When was it illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas Day and why?

 

[Posyrose]

I don't know the answers to most of these but I'm enjoying the questions and answers

 

[Merab]

1644 because that year Christmas Day fell on a fasting day. This was the time of the Puritans who didn’t believe in having fun.

When is it traditional to make Christmas puddings

 

[Posyrose]

Stir up Sunday ( not sure when it is though)

 

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

When is it traditional to make Christmas puddings

I've heard beginning of November, but my mother and grandmother used to do it in October.

 

[Merab]

Stir Up Sunday is correct.
It’s the Sunday before Advent

@Posyrose your turn to ask the question

 

[Posyrose]

What is traditionally eaten for the main course of the Christmas Dinner in Poland

 

[Betsy]

*Hears the dusty, rusty filing cabinet in brain marked "useless information you may need one day" open*

And the answer is ......(drumroll)
Carp!

 

[Betsy]

How many items in total would you have received from your true love at the end of the 12 days of Christmas?

 

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

Come on! Where are the mathematical geniuses? Not me.

 

[Merab]

364 ?

 

[Betsy]

364 ?

Yep. Your turn.

 

[Merab]

O Sapientia / O Wisdom is the first what ?

 

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

According to Auntie Google, it's the first in a row of Titles of Christ, sung from Dec. 17th onwards.