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Christmas Special English Stream

Does (or do) your family decorate your house over the Christmas period?
Is Christmas better in the cold Northern Hemisphere or on a beach in the Southern Hemisphere?
What's the most annoying Christmas song?
What do you think of the tradition of giving Christmas cards?
How would your family react if you decided to spend the Christmas holiday in another country?
Do you find choosing presents for the opposite sex difficult? In what way?
What do you think will be the most popular electronic gadget given as a gift this year? (mobile phone)
In some countries there are moves to change the name of Christmas to "Winterval" and to change the greeting "Merry Christmas" to "Happy Holidays". The objective is to make the holiday more inclusive to non-Christians. What is your opinion?

Christmas Quiz

1. What is the name of the first Christian martyr whose feast day is on the 26th of December? Stephen

2. Which country has given England a Christmas tree, usually put in Trafalgar Square, as a present since 1948, in order to thank them for their help during the 2nd World War? Norway


3. In which European capital city would you find Wenceslas Square? Prague

4. The actor Humphrey Bogart would have had his birthday on Christmas Day. Name the film in which he starred with Paul Henreid, Claude Rains and Ingrid Bergman in 1942? Casablanca

5. If you were born on Christmas day, what would your star sign be? Capricorn

6. Which European country began the tradition of exchanging gifts at Christmas time? Italy

7. Which is the only part of Spain which has the 26th December as a regional holiday? Cataluña

8. A menorah is a candleholder used, in December, by people of which religion? Jewish

9. In which modern-day country was St. Nicholas born in? Turkey

10. Father Christmas has been wearing red since 1930. what colour did he wear before that? Green

11. Which multi-national company was responsible for changing the colour of Santa’s clothes in order to market their product? Coca Cola

12. Who wrote ‘The Messiah’? Handel (Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Mozart, Stormsy)

13. Who directed the Christmas film Home Alone, staring Macaulay Culkin? Chris Columbus

14. Who wrote ‘A Christmas Carol’? Charles Dickens

15. Turkeys are traditionally eaten at Christmas in some countries. In which part of the world were turkeys first found? (Turkey, North America, China, Spain or Syria) North America

16. In which ocean is Christmas Island? (the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Artic Ocean, Irish Sea) Indian Ocean

17. In which European country did the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree originate? (Germany, England, France, or Norway?) Germany

18. The singer Annie Lennox was born on Christmas day 1954. What’s the name of the group she formed, and became famous with, in the 1980’s? The Eurythmics

19. In which town was Jesus brought up as a child? Nazareth

20. In Spain, what is it customary to wear on New Year’s Eve? New red knickers