Christmas questionnaire. Ana Arias

2. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
1. The story of Father
Christmas / Santa Claus
starts with Saint Nicholas,
a 4th-century Christian
saint. In what country was
the real Saint Nicholas
born?
a) In Finland
b) In Sweden
c) In Italy
d) In Turkey

3. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
1. The story of Father
Christmas / Santa Claus
starts with Saint Nicholas, a
4th-century Christian saint. In
what country was the real
Saint Nicholas born?
a) In Finland
b) In Sweden
c) In Italy
d) In Turkey

4. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
2. How’s the day before
Christmas Day called?
a) Boxing Day
b) Pre-Christmas
c) Epiphany Day
d) Christmas Eve

5. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
2. How’s the day before
Christmas Day called?
a) Boxing Day
b) Pre-Christmas
c) Epiphany Day
d) Christmas Eve

6. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
3. The day after
Christmas is a holiday
in the United Kingdom.
What’s its name?
a) Skating Day
b) Football Day
c) Cricket Day
d) Boxing Day

7. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
3. The day after
Christmas is a holiday
in the United Kingdom.
What’s its name?
a) Skating Day
b) Football Day
c) Cricket Day
d) Boxing Day

8. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
4. And what do people
most frequently do on
Boxing Day?
a) Sleep
b) Play tennis
c) Go shopping
d) Go back to school
and work

9. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
4. And what do people
most frequently do on
Boxing Day?
a) Sleep
b) Play tennis
c) Go shopping
d) Go back to school
and work

10. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
5. What’s the name of
this square in New
York where people
celebrate the New
Year?
a) Trafalgar Square
b) Times Square
c) Central Square
d) Madison Square
Garden

11. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
5. What’s the name of
this square in New
York where people
celebrate the New
Year?
a) Trafalgar Square
b) Times Square
c) Central Square
d) Madison Square
Garden

12. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
6. What do people in
the USA do when the
New Year begins?
a) They sleep
b) They kiss
c) They eat grapes
d) They drink Coke
Image by Rob Schofield - by-nc-nd/2.0

13. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
6. What do people in
the USA do when the
New Year begins?
a) They sleep
b) They kiss
c) They eat grapes
d) They drink Coke
Image by Rob Schofield - by-nc-nd/2.0

14. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
7. When do people
sing Auld Lang Syne?
a) In the evening of
Christmas Day
b) At midnight on
December 31
c) On Easter Sunday
d) On Ash Wednesday
Image by Rob Schofield - by-nc-nd/2.0

15. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
7. When do people
sing Auld Lang Syne?
a) In the evening of
Christmas Day
b) At midnight on
December 31
c) On Easter Sunday
d) On Ash Wednesday
Image by Rob Schofield - by-nc-nd/2.0

16. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
8. Hogmanay is the
word used in Scotland
to refer to:
a) Christmas Day
b) Boxing Day
c) New Year’s Day
d) Epiphany Day

17. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
8. Hogmanay is the
word used in Scotland
to refer to:
a) Christmas Day
b) Boxing Day
c) New Year’s Day
d) Epiphany Day

18. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
9. Who is the first footer?
a) The first person to wake
up on New Year’s Day
b) The first person to leave
a house on New Year’s
Day
c) The first person to dance
on New Year’s Day
d) The first person to go into
a house on New Year’s
Day

19. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
9. Who is the first footer?
a) The first person to wake
up on New Year’s Day
b) The first person to leave
a house on New Year’s
Day
c) The first person to dance
on New Year’s Day
d) The first person to go
into a house on New
Year’s Day

20. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
10. When did the New Year
begin in England before
1752?
a) On January 6
b) On January 21
c) On March 25
d) On June 30

21. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
10. When did the New Year
begin in England before
1752?
a) On January 6
b) On January 21
c) On March 25
d) On June 30

22. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
11. What is the Twelfth
Day?
a) The 12th day after Saint
Nicholas Day.
b) The 12th day after
Christmas, January 6
(Epiphany).
c) The 12th day after New
Year’s Eve.

23. FESTIVITIES AND
CELEBRATIONS
11. What is the Twelfth
Day?
a) The 12th day after Saint
Nicholas Day.
b) The 12th day after
Christmas, January 6
(Epiphany).
c) The 12th day after New
Year’s Eve.

24. Now you should know a bit more
about Christmas in English-
speaking countries.