ChristmasLaura Reining

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1. What was the Christmas Old English name?

Cristes Maesse

2. When is Christmas dinner eaten?

On the 25th December at midday

3. Who popularised the Christmas tree in England?

Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria

4. What activity was popular among children at Christmas?

Pantomimes

5. What does the Christmas dinner consist of?

A roast turkey, goose or chicken with stuffing and roast potatoes

6. What was the only thing that people ate on the day before the Christmas feast?Frumenty

7. When do the British send Christmas cards?

During the weeks before the Christmas day

8. Why did the Romans decorate their homes with evergreens at the festival of Saturnalia?

To remind them of Saturn, their harvest god, to return the following spring

9. Where and when was the first ever Christmas card posted?

In England in the 1840s

10. Why does Norway give Britain annually a large Christmas tree?

England helped Norway during WWII

11. When was the pulling of the Christmas crackers invented?

In 1846

12. Who invented the Christmas crackers?

A London baker

13. How is the day after the Christmas known as in Britain?

Boxing Day

14. Who sacred the mistletoe?

British Druids

15. How many eggs do you need to make the Great British Pudding to serve six?Two eggs, plus two egg yolks

16. What is the English gift giver called?

Father Christmas

17. When did the Christmas start in England?

AD 596

18. Who brought the Christmas to England?

St Augustine with monks

19. What was Frumenty?

A kind of porridge made of corn

20. What are the songs that the English sing at the Christmas called?

Carols

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