Christmas Carol Quiz & Trivia

[Bishop1954]

Try and see if you can answer these from just your memory...

In the carol, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas”, what is the prettiest sight to see? :carols:

[Mistletoe]

The holly that will be on your own front door

In the song Christmas In Killarney, what does Father John do?

[Bishop1954]

Before he's gone will bless the house and all...

In a famous duet on the Little Drummer Boy, who joins Bing Crosby? :carols:

[Mistletoe]

David Bowie?

Which singer did a duet with her father after he was dead (The Christmas Song)?

[Bishop1954]

Correct and Natalie Cole (a beautiful rendition)... :carols:

Who took a traditional New Year's Eve song and made it into a Christmas Song?

A bit of trivia: The French word “Noel” is often used around Christmas, but what was its original meaning in Latin? Birth

[Bishop1954]

Here is another bit of trivia... :santa1:

The modern Santa Claus is mainly a mix of what two figures?

Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas in dutch) and Father Christmas, also if you said Odin I’d accept that too

[Mistletoe]

Here is another bit of trivia... :santa1:

The modern Santa Claus is mainly a mix of what two figures?

Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas in dutch) and Father Christmas, also if you said Odin I’d accept that too

I knew this one, but don't know the New Year's song made into a Christmas song...

[Bishop1954]

It is called A Christmas Auld Lang Syne, performed by Bobby Darin... Check it out!! :tree1:

[Bishop1954]

By whom was the Frank Sinatra hit song “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' first recorded? :carols:

[Mistletoe]

By whom was the Frank Sinatra hit song “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' first recorded? :carols:
Judy Garland? Maybe not...I believe Sinatra changed the lyrics because the original version was too depressing, and I don't think Garland had the depressing version...

[Bishop1954]

Judy Garland? Maybe not...I believe Sinatra changed the lyrics because the original version was too depressing, and I don't think Garland had the depressing version...

It was in fact Judy Garland... :santa:

In a "Christmas Song", what helps to make the season bright?

[Mistletoe]

A turkey and some mistletoe?

[Bishop1954]

Well done!!!

Now onto... What is the most published Christmas hymn? :carols:

[Mistletoe]

Hmmm..I'm going to take a stab at it with Silent Night.

[Bishop1954]

That is what I would have thought originally, but it is actually "Joy to the World". :carols:

What beverage does the singer tell the audience to have a cup of in “A Holly Jolly Christmas?”

[Mistletoe]

A cup of cheer! That one I know, as I often sing that song. :elf1:

[Bishop1954]

Very cool & very correct... :xmaswink:

What movie from popular culture references “Jingle Bell Rock” in the opening scene?

[Bishop1954]

"The Little Drummer Boy": Originally known as "Carol of the Drum", this popular Christmas song was first recorded in 1951 by... :carols::

[Mistletoe]

"The Little Drummer Boy": Originally known as "Carol of the Drum", this popular Christmas song was first recorded in 1951 by... :carols::
I'm thinking...but not sure I know this one...

[Bishop1954]

I'll help with this one. It was the "Trapp Family". Immortalized in the movie Sound of Music... :snowman: