Improve your English and have fun with the quiz sent by Diane Attwood from Pocklington. You are allowed to use a dictionary and internet. Send your answers with your name and e-mail address to arp.contact@netcourrier.com Be the winner !!!! The answers will be given in a fortnight's time. Good luck and many thanks to Diane.
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1.     What bird is the most popular on the traditional

      English Christmas card?

2.     What 2 things might English children hang up on Christmas

      Eve for Father Christmas to put presents in?

3.     Who were Dasher and Vixen?

4.     What is traditionally set alight and brought to the table on  Christmas Day?

5.    Who introduced the Christmas tree to England in 1841 and who was he married to?

6.    In the famous English Christmas Carol, what did my true love send to me on the first day of Christmas?

7.    What is a bauble?

8.    When was the first Christmas card sent in England?
a) 1833          b) 1843          c) 1853

            9.  Which country gives the gift of the Christmas tree that stands

          magnificently in Trafalgar Square, London every year?

         10.  Unjumble the words to discover traditional Christmas fare.

                          cenim espi 
 

         11.  What is the day after Christmas Day commonly known as?

         12.  How is the traditional Christmas Cake usually decorated?

         13.  What 3 things are usually in the traditional Christmas

           Cracker?

         14. Who wrote the famous novel, “ A Christmas  Carol”?

         15. Who was crowned King of England on Christmas Day

           1066?

         16. Where did our Christmas Turkey originally come from?

        17.What is the custom regarding the mistletoe that is hung  above the door when decorating the house for Christmas?

         18.What is the next line of this popular children’s Carol?

        Away in a manger,

        No crib for a bed,

        The little Lord Jesus,

19. The Scottish nation loves to celebrate the New Year.  What do they call this celebration? 

20. Which pantomime does the character of Buttons traditionally appear in?