CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS 9) What do people have to do on New Year’s

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QUIZ a) drink champagne;
b) give hugs to friends;
c) kiss someone.
10) What plant lets you kiss the person if
you stand with them under it?
a) cactus;
b) mistletoe;
c) violets.
1) December the 26th when children wake up 11) What do people hang on their doors for
and open their presents is called: Christmas?
a) Boxing Day; a) a wreath;
b) Presents’ Day; b) holly;
c) The day of surprises. c) bells.
2) How does Santa get into a house? 12) How many reindeer does Santa have?
a) through the door; a) 4;
b) through the chimney; b) 9;
c) through the window. c) 6.
3) What does Santa give to naughty 13) What is the name of the most famous
children? reindeer?
a) a stick; a) Donner;
b) a lump of coal; b) Comet;
d) nothing. c) Rudolf.
4) What do people usually eat for Christmas 14) Who helps Santa to make toys in the
dinner? workshop?
a) fish and chips; a) his wife;
b) turkey and Christmas pudding; b) elves;
c) Yorkshire pudding and roast beef. c) dwarfs.
5) What do children usually leave for Santa 15) What does the name “Santa Claus” stand
near the Christmas tree? for?
a) a “thank you” note; a) Saint Nicolas;
b) a small present; b) it’s the Greek for “Father Christmas”;
c) milk and cookies. c) in Latin it means “a good spirit”.
6) What do children hang on the fireplace? 16) What do people usually write before
a) angels; New Year’s Eve?
b) Christmas balls; a) a shopping list;
c) stockings. b) cards for friends and relatives;
7) Where does Santa live? c) New Year resolutions.
a) in Lapland;
b) in Norway;
c) in the North Pole.
8) What are traditional colours of
Christmas?
a) red and green;
b) gold and silver;
c) blue and white.
Answers: 1. a); 2. b); 3. b); 4. b); 5. c); 6. c); 7. c); 8. a); 9. c); 10. b);

11. a); 12. b); 13. c); 14. b); 15. a); 16 c).