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1 "A dog is for life, not just for Christmas" was introduced in an advert in 1978 for which charity? 2 "Attaboy Clarence" are the last words spoken in which classic Christmas film? 3 "Chestnuts Roasting" (The Christmas Song) says that "folks dressed up like …. " which race of people? 4 "They sold me a dream of Christmas They sold me a silent night" is from which Christmas song? 5 "They've got cars big as bars, they've got rivers of gold" is from which Christmas hit? 6 "Top to toe in tail backs, I got red lights all around" is from which Christmas song? 7 According to the 12 days of Christmas, how many of the 12 presents given were definitely female? 8 According to the UK National Meteorological Office what year (prior to 2007) was the last White Christmas in Britain? 9 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Sinbad The Sailor and Aladdin all derive from which collection of Middle East tales? 10 American cartoonist Thomas Nast is credited with creating the traditional image of which popular Christmas character? 11 An orange is used to make a Christingle – what does it represent? 12 And all the bells on earth shall ring, on Christmas day in the morning...' is from which Christmas carol? 13 Anthony Hopkins was the narrator of which Jim Carrey Christmas film? 14 At Christmas in 1814, the last Frost Fair was held in London - but precisely where? 15 At which city's airport was the film Die Hard 2 set on Christmas Eve? 16 Baron Hardup is the biological father of how many children?

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1 "A dog is for life, not just for Christmas" was introduced in an advert in 1978 for which charity?

2 "Attaboy Clarence" are the last words spoken in which classic Christmas film?

3 "Chestnuts Roasting" (The Christmas Song) says that "folks dressed up like …. " which race of people?

4 "They sold me a dream of Christmas They sold me a silent night" is from which Christmas song?

5 "They've got cars big as bars, they've got rivers of gold" is from which Christmas hit?

6 "Top to toe in tail backs, I got red lights all around" is from which Christmas song?

7 According to the 12 days of Christmas, how many of the 12 presents given were definitely female?

8 According to the UK National Meteorological Office what year (prior to 2007) was the last White Christmas in Britain?

9 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Sinbad The Sailor and Aladdin all derive from which collection of Middle East tales?

10 American cartoonist Thomas Nast is credited with creating the traditional image of which popular Christmas character?

11 An orange is used to make a Christingle – what does it represent?

12 And all the bells on earth shall ring, on Christmas day in the morning...' is from which Christmas carol?

13 Anthony Hopkins was the narrator of which Jim Carrey Christmas film?

14 At Christmas in 1814, the last Frost Fair was held in London - but precisely where?

15 At which city's airport was the film Die Hard 2 set on Christmas Eve?

16 Baron Hardup is the biological father of how many children?

17 Before the tradition of hanging stockings up at Christmas what did Dutch children hang by the fireside?

18 Born Christmas day 1908, by what name was gay icon author of The Naked Civil Servant popularly known?

19 Brandy is made from distilling what?

20 Charles Dickens is said to have considered the names Little Larry and Puny Pete for which character?

21 Charles Perrault wrote whose book of Fairy Tales which included Puss In Boots, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Red Riding Hood?

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22 Child star Jimmy Boyd sang which popular 1950's Christmas song, which was initially banned by the Catholic Church in Boston because it supposedly mixed sex and Christmas?

23 Choirboy Peter Auty sang the film version of which song later recorded as a hit record by Aled Jones?

24 Christmas Crackers is cockney rhyming slang for which part of the male anatomy?

25 Christmas Crackers was the first Christmas edition of which popular UK comedy series?

26 Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean, is a territory of which country?

27 Cliff Richard's last 3 number ones were all at or near Christmas (1988 1990 & 1999) - name them

28 Does the Fairy Godmother come on stage right or stage left?

29 Dressed as which pantomime villain did Leslie Grantham, allegedly, indulge in sex play on his webcam in 2004?

30 Driving Home For Christmas was a 1988 hit single for which singer?

31 Euphorbia pulcherrima is better known as which Christmas plant?

32 Fe Fi Fo Fum I smell the blood of an Englishman is a classic line from which pantomime?

33 From what does the month of December take its name?

34 From which country does the poinsettia plant originate?

35 From which Judy Garland musical does the song Have Yourselves a Merry Little Christmas come?

36 From which town did the Grinch steal Christmas?

37 Full of Eastern Promise' is an advertising slogan of what exotically positioned chocolate product?

38 Gwyl San Steffan is the name for 26th December (St Stephen's Day or Boxing Day) in which country?

39 Has a song with the words Santa Claus in the title ever been a No 1 single in the UK?

40 How does Good King Wenceslas like his pizza?

41 How many courses are there traditionally in a Ukrainian Christmas Eve supper?

42 How many gifts are given in total in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas?

43 How many official white Christmases were there in the 20th century - 9, 12 or 15?

44 How many points does a snowflake have?

45 How many times do you sing Jingle in one chorus of Jingle Bells?

46 How many times is Christmas mentioned in the song Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow?

47 How were the Goons walking for Christmas in 1956?

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48 In 2004, the post office of which country gave away twenty million free scented stickers, to make Christmas cards smell like fir trees, cinnamon, gingerbread or honey wax?

49 In America what kind of canned pie filling is the biggest seller at Christmas?

50 In Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol, who was Scrooge's dead business partner?

51 In Jack & the Beanstalk, Jack receives beans in exchange for what?

52 In Mexico, it is said that wearing what colour/colour underwear on New Year's Eve ensures finding new love the following year: Yellow; Green; Red; or Brown?

53 In my all-time favourite film "It's a Wonderful Life" what happens "Every Time a Bell Rings"?

54 In pantomime who was the son of mustafa a poor tailor of China?

55 In pantomime, what is Aladdins surname?

56 In Pantomime, who is Princess Marcella?

57 In the 12 Days of Christmas how many Lords were leaping?

58 In the film Babe, which Christmas song does Babe sing?

59 In the inspirational 1946 film, It's a Wonderful Life, what's the name of George Bailey's guardian angel?

60 In the original pantomimes, what were breeches roles?

61 In the pantomime Aladdin what was the name of Aladdin’s brother?

62 In the Snowman & the Snowdog shown at Christmas, which article of clothing were the Snowdog's ears made from?

63 In the Snowman what is the name of the little boy?

64 In the song Let It Snow what is the weather described as?

65 In the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, '...my true love brought to me nine...' what?

66 In the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, how many pipers are there?

67 In the song 'The Twelve Days Of Christmas', how many swans were a-swimming?

68 In the story of Cinderella what was transformed into a coach & which creatures were turned into the horses?

69 In traditional pantomime who is the sweetheart of Harlequin?

70 In Victorian England what people were popularly called robins because of their red uniforms?

71 In what country, the world's seventh largest by geographical area, is Christmas known as Bada Din (the big day)?

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72 In what year was Band-Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas the UK Christmas chart-topping record?

73 In which century was the first panto produced in the UK?

74 In which Christmas carol does this line feature: "Bring me flesh, and bring me wine, bring me pine logs hither"?

75 In which Christmas pantomime does buttons appear?

76 In which Christmas song do you "make the Yule-tide gay"?

77 In which Christmas story do the people of Whoville have Roast Beast for Christmas?

78 In which city was the Salvation Army founded?

79 In which country does Santa have his own personal postcode HOH OHO?

80 In which country is it a tradition to hide all brooms in the house on Christmas Eve?

81 In which country, an archipelago of 6,852 islands, is it considered inappropriate to send red Christmas cards?

82 In which European country is it said that finding a spider web on Christmas morning brings good luck, and so Christmas trees are decorated with artificial spider webs?

83 In which European country is it said that malicious goblins called Kallikantzoroi troublesome pranks at Christmas?

84 In which fictional land is it always winter but never Christmas?

85 In which film did Jim Carrey play Lloyd Christmas?

86 In which panto does the character King Rat appear?

87 In which Pantomime does Idle Jack appear?

88 In which pantomime would you meet a ticking crocodile?

89 In which TV comedy was Christmas cancelled due to Tommy Slocombe's tunnelling?

90 In which year did Frank Bruno retire after losing to Mike Tyson leaving him plenty of time for Panto?

91 In which year was the first pantomime produced in Britain?

92 Its name will ring a bell with members of the legal profession; in 1716 which London theatre put on England’s first pantomime ?

93 Jackie Wilson's re-issued song Reet Petite became the 1986 UK Christmas number one after helping to advertise what brand?

94 John Callcott Horsley designed what first commercial Christmas item in 1843?

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95 Kiritimati, the first inhabited place to experience each New Year, is more commonly known as what?

96 La Befana is the legendary character who delivers Christmas presents to children in which country?

97 Mary's Boy Child was number one in the UK twice - once by Johnny Mathis and then by who in 1978?

98 Marzipan is made (conventionally in the western world) mainly from sugar and the flour or meal of which nut?

99 Medieval English Christmas pantomimes did not include which character - St. Nicholas, The Bold Slasher, Father Christmas or The Turkish Knight?

100 Nadolig Llawen' means Merry Christmas in which western European language?

101 Name the two administrative and ex-colonial regions of China for whom Christmas day (as at 2010) remains a legal public holiday, whereas in the main country it is not?

102 Olibanum is an alternative name for which Christmas gift?

103 Olive the Other... (what?)', is a Christmas book by Vivian Walsh and J Otto Seibold: Reindeer; Snowman; Otter; or Orangutan?

104 On which date is Epiphany celebrated in the traditional Western calendar?

105 On which type of tree does mistletoe commonly grow in the UK?

106 Pine needles are said to be a good source of which vitamin?

107 Presepe in Italy refers to what Christmas tradition?

108 Puny Pete was one of the names Dickens considered for Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol?

109 Quaid-e-Azam's Birthday is a 25th December celebration in which country?

110 Scrooge never celebrated Christmas - what was his clerk called in A Christmas carol by Dickens?

111 The 1954 movie White Christmas was the first to be made using what new Paramount film format?

112 The 1980 Christmas number one single There's No-one Quite Like Grandma was written as a tribute to which famous Grandma?

113 The character Jack Skellington appears in which 1993 Tim Burton film?

114 The Christmas period of 1813-14 saw the last what in London?

115 The druids believed which Christmas plant was sacred?

116 The early pagan religious winter festival celebrated by archaic Scandinavian people is still referred to in what alternative word for the Christmas season?

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117 The Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus on or around 1 January celebrates specifically what happening to the baby Jesus?

118 The first singing radio commercial, which aired in the US on Christmas Eve 1926, was for which brand: Rolex; BMW; Wheaties; or Durex?

119 The fortified wine drink Sherry is named after what town?

120 The last lines of a pantomime have two traditions associated with them - name either?

121 The Latin word meaning 'coming' gave us what term which still refers to the Christmas period, and also to a particular tradition popular with children?

122 The Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway notably) tend to celebrate Christmas chiefly on which date?

123 The North Pole, said to be Santa's home, is located in which ocean?

124 The song White Christmas was first performed in which 1942 film?

125 The surname Chandler derives from the making or selling of what?

126 The Twelve Days of Christmas feature which comedy chat show host?

127 The Twelve Days of Christmas features the surname of which character from Crossroads?

128 The Twelve Days of Christmas features the surname of which female comedian?

129 The Twelve Days of Christmas features which brand of soap and beauty products?

130 The Twelve Days of Christmas features which sports ground?

131 The USA's official National Christmas Tree is in which National Park?

132 The words "Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume breathes of life, of gathering gloom..." come from which Christmas carol?

133 Three Kings Day' is known by what numerical name in Britain?

134 Traditional in Germany at Christmas, what sort of food is stollen?

135 True or false - Santaclaustrophobia is fear of Christmas?

136 Under which Puritan leader did the English parliament pass a law banning Christmas in 1647?

137 US President Franklin Pierce introduced what to White House Christmas tradition in 1856?

138 Very loosely related to Christmas, the predatory animal 'uncia uncia' is better known by what name?

139 What 2 spices (both start with C) are used to give mulled wine its distinctive flavour?

140 What 2 words are normally pre-printed on Christmas gift tags?

141 What 3 ingredients do you need to make a snowball for your gran at Christmas?

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142 What animal is Snowball in George Orwell's book Animal Farm?

143 What animal is the Scandinavian Christmas Julbock symbol?

144 What are all farmyard animals supposed to be able to do on Christmas Eve?

145 What are the names of the 3 Santa's reindeer starting with the letter D?

146 What are the names of the Two Little Boys in Rolf Harris's 1969 Christmas Number One?

147 What bird was Elizabeth 1 eating when she was told of the defeat of the Spanish Armada?

148 What British spacecraft was lost on Mars at Christmas 2003?

149 What celebratory receptacle is falsely claimed to have been modelled on the breast of Marie Antoinette?

150 What changed in 1752 which caused England to have a White Christmas less frequently thereafter?

151 What Christmas item was invented by London baker and wedding-cake specialist Tom Smith in 1847?

152 What Christmas-time song did James Pierpont compose in 1857?

153 What colour are the berries of the mistletoe plant?

154 What creature, noted for feeding on its berries, is linked by name to the mistletoe plant?

155 What date is St Stephen's Day?

156 What day of the week was Christmas day in the year 2000 (in the conventional western calendar)?

157 What did Dirty Den give Angie on Christmas Day, 1986?

158 What did Harry Potter get for his first Christmas at Hogwarts?

159 What did Santa Claus win in 1964?

160 What did Scottish students take from Westminster Abbey on Christmas day 1950?

161 What do Americans call an ice lolly?

162 What do you get if you cross Santa with a duck?

163 What does Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother turn into a coach?

164 What does the Man on the Moon receive for Christmas in the John Lewis advert?

165 What drink advert launched the slogan 'The Right One' in 1970?

166 What drink invented by Francis Showering has a fawn mascot?

167 What English title to we know the hymn Adeste Fidelis?

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168 What former Egyptian president was born on Christmas day in 1918?

169 What is a baby Turkey more correctly called, other than a chick?

170 What is Babycham made from?

171 What is New Year's Eve called in Scotland?

172 What is odd about the principal boy and the dame in a pantomime?

173 What is the birth sign of people born on 25 December?

174 What is the chemical formula of snow?

175 What is the English title of the carol written in 1818 by Austrian priest Josef Mohr originally called Stille Nacht?

176 What is the first word in Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody?

177 What is the name of Dorothy Gale's dog in The Wizard of Oz?

178 What is the name of Jack's cow in Jack & the Beanstalk?

179 What is the name of Prince Charming's best friend?

180 What is the name of the cake traditionally eaten in Italy at Christmas?

181 What is the name of the cow in the pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk?

182 What is the name of the father of Cinderella and The Ugly Sisters?

183 What is the occupation of the Seven Dwarfs who befriend Snow White?

184 What is the popular name for little baked sausages wrapped in rashers of streaky bacon?

185 What is the surname of Jim Carrey's character in the Dumb & Dumber films?

186 What is the surname of the family in the 1989 film 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'?

187 What is the title of biggest selling Christmas single, globally?

188 What is Virgil Hilts' nickname in the film The Great Escape?

189 What kind of Merry Christmas did a cute group of environmentalists want us to have in 1974?

190 What name is given to the leading male role in a pantomime, usually played by a woman?

191 What nationality are these pantomime characters - Aladdin/Jack (& the Beanstalk)/Ali Baba?

192 What nationality is Ali Baba in the pantomime?

193 What nationality is Jack in Jack & the Beanstalk?

194 What nationality was Aladdin?

195 What nickname for Hollywood sounds Christmassy?

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196 What Paul McCartney hit song video featured the First World War Christmas Truce meeting of German and British soldiers in no-man's land between the front line trenches?

197 What red-blooming Christmas plant came originally from Mexico?

198 What song topped the UK charts at Christmas in 1957 and in a medley version in 1978?

199 What sort of animal is Snowball in George Orwell's Animal farm?

200 What told Dick Whittington to ‘turn again’?

201 What toy was Arnold Schwartzenegger searching for in Jingle All the Way?

202 What was banned by Cromwell in 1647 for 12 years?

203 What was Bill Murray's profession in the film Scrooged?

204 What was Girls Aloud's 2002 UK Christmas number one single?

205 What was Mr. Bean looking for when he got his head stuck in the turkey?

206 What was Queen's 1984 Christmas single called?

207 What was the cyclone named that hit Darwin, Australia, in Christmas 1974?

208 What was the full name of the Christmas Shrek TV special?

209 What was the name of the character played by Robbie Coltrane in the TV series Cracker?

210 What was the title of the first Christmas TV special Peanuts cartoon?

211 What was the weather like on Christmas Eve when Rudolph has to help Santa out?

212 When I Marry Mr. Snow is from which Rodgers & Hammerstein musical?

213 When making Christmas Pudding in which direction should you stir it - clockwise or anti-clockwise?

214 When the Julian calendar was switched to the Gregorian calendar how many days were dropped?

215 When was the Queen's 1st Christmas broadcast 1953 1955 or 1957?

216 Where does snow have to fall to be an official white Christmas?

217 Which 1980 Christmas top 10 hit begins Hey Mr. Churchill comes over here?

218 Which 4 letter freshwater fish is traditionally eaten on Christmas Day in Germany?

219 Which actor called off Christmas in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves?

220 Which actress singer who charted with Santa Baby and starred as Catwoman died on Christmas day 2008?

221 Which actress won an Oscar for her role in the 1993 film The Piano?

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222 Which American-born English poet, having first names Thomas Stearns, wrote the poem The Cultivation Of Christmas Trees?

223 Which Apollo mission spent Christmas Day orbiting the moon in 1968?

224 Which author and creator of Jekyll and Hyde, gave his birthday by formal deed to Anne Ide because she disliked her own birthday of December 25th?

225 Which British monarch (born 1865, died 1936) introduced the custom of giving thousands of Christmas puddings to staff?

226 Which charity in 1949 was the first to produce a Christmas card?

227 Which Christmas carol includes the lyrics '...To save us all from Satan's power, when we were gone astray..'?

228 Which Christmas carol mentions figgy pudding?

229 Which Christmas carol was sung by soldiers on both sides of the trenches in WW1 at Christmas 1914?

230 Which Christmas character was created by Robert L. May in 1939?

231 Which Christmas condiment is made from fruit sometimes referred to as marshworts?

232 Which Christmas decoration was originally designed for French soldiers?

233 Which Christmas dish originates from a Celtic recipe called fromarty?

234 Which Christmas slogan was introduced by Clarissa Baldwin of Dogs Trust in 1978?

235 Which Christmas song is played at the end of Die Hard 2?

236 Which Christmas song was a number one for Boney M in 1978?

237 Which country calls Christmas NADOLIG?

238 Which country did St Nicholas come from?

239 Which country traditionally supplies the Christmas tree for Trafalgar Square?

240 Which European capital city presents a Christmas tree for Trafalgar Square every year?

241 Which European country's leader & his wife were executed by firing squad on Christmas Day 1989?

242 Which famous Christmas film is set in a town called Bedford Falls?

243 Which famous clown pioneered the use of pantomime dames during the 19th century?

244 Which famous comedy double-act partner made the first ever UK mobile phone call, New Year's Day, 1985?

245 Which fictional character was so mean at Christmas because his heart was 2 sizes too small?

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246 Which film takes place at Nakatomi Plaza on Christmas Eve?

247 Which hit has been in the Top 100 singles over Christmas 20 times since 1973?

248 Which Hollywood star stopped believing in Santa at 6 years old when, in a department store, Santa asked for an autograph?

249 Which hugely popular actor was born on Christmas day 1899?

250 Which king of England was crowned on Christmas Day?

251 Which members of the Royal family switched on the Christmas lights in Tetbury Gloucestershire in2012?

252 Which nursery rhyme features Christmas Pie?

253 Which of the Wise Men was said to have brought the gift of gold for the baby Jesus?

254 Which pantomime character marries Alice Fitzwarren?

255 Which pantomime character shares their name with a brand of children’s confectionary?

256 Which Pantomime character slaps his thigh every time he speaks his name?

257 Which pantomime contains the goose that lays the golden egg?

258 Which Pantomime features the character Maid Marion?

259 Which poem written by Clement Moore was originally titled A Visit from Saint Nicholas?

260 Which politician appeared on the 2010 Strictly Christmas show?

261 Which popular poem was alternatively known as A Visit from St Nicholas?

262 Which river did George Washington cross on Christmas night in 1776 in the American Revolutionary War?

263 Which singer appeared in the 1983 film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence?

264 Which song did all the BBC presenters perform with Morecambe & Wise at Christmas 1977?

265 Which song was the first Christmas song to be sung from space in 1965?

266 Which southern central US state, whose capital city has the same name, was the last to recognize Christmas as an official holiday?

267 Which token vegetable is often included in the ingredients of a Christmas pudding?

268 Which traditional Christmas plant was once so revered by early Britons that it had to be cut with a golden sickle?

269 Which traditional pantomime features a character called Dandini?

270 Which two pantomimes did Cliff Richard record soundtracks of in the 60s?

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271 Which two states in the US have towns called Christmas?

272 Which UK band wished it could be Christmas everyday?

273 Which US President banned Christmas trees from the White House?

274 Which wooden bat, originally used as a prop by the character Harlequin, came to give its name for a type of comedy used in pantomime?

275 Which word, associated with Christmas comes from a Greek word meaning ‘we can act anything’?

276 White Christmas is the most recorded song ever, which Russian born American citizen wrote it?

277 White Christmas, a cake made of coconut, crisped rice and dried fruit, is popular in which country?

278 Who are open 24hrs a day and expect 25,000 phone calls over the Christmas period?

279 Who are the four ghosts in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol?

280 Who composed the music known as The Nutcracker Suite, for the Christmas themed ballet The Nutcracker, premiered in St Petersburg, 1892?

281 Who eat the Gingerbread House?

282 Who is regarded as the first Christian martyr?

283 Who is the central businessman character in the film It's a Wonderful Life?

284 Who is the narrator in the 2000 film The Grinch Who Stole Christmas?

285 Who played Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street in 1994?

286 Who played Santa Claus in The Santa Clause in 1994?

287 Who took the Babes into the Wood?

288 Who took When a Child is Born to number one at Christmas 1976?

289 Who was said to have presented the baby Jesus with Frankincense?

290 Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message to the nation?

291 Who was the male co-star with Bing Crosby in White Christmas

292 Who wrote Auld Lange Syne?

293 Who wrote How the Grinch Stole Christmas?

294 Who, with a 118-inch waist, topped the UK charts @ Christmas 1993?

295 Whose postcode is XM45HQ?

296 Why are Christmas trees rubbish at knitting?

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297 Why did nobody bid for Donner & Blitzen on eBay?

298 Why is there only 25 letters in the Christmas alphabet?

299 Would an icicle be classed as a stalagmite or a stalactite?

300 Yorkshireman William Strickland is believed to have brought the first what to Britain from North America in 1526?

Answers

1 Dog's Trust

2 It's A Wonderful Life

3 Eskimos

4 I Believe in Father Christmas

5 Fairytale of New York

6 Driving Home for Christmas

7 4 - French Hens Geese a laying Maids Milking Ladies Dancing

8 2004

9 The Arabian Nights

10 Santa Claus (Father Christmas)

11 Earth

12 I Saw Three Ships

13 The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

14 On the frozen Thames

15 Washington (Dulles)

16 One (Ugly sisters are adopted)

17 Shoes

18 Quentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt)

19 Wine

20 Tiny Tim - A Christmas Carol

21 Mother Goose’s

22 I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus

23 Walking in the Air (from The Snowman)

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24 Testicles

25 Only Fools and Horses

26 Australia

27 Mistletoe & Wine/Saviour's Day/Millennium Prayer

28 Stage right

29 Captain Hook

30 Chris Rea

31 Poinsettia

32 Jack & the Beanstalk

33 Ten

34 Mexico

35 Meet Me in St Louis

36 Hooville

37 Fry's Turkish Delight

38 Wales

39 No

40 Deep pan, crisp & even

41 Twelve (each one is dedicated to an apostle)

42 364

43 9

44 6

45 6

46 None

47 Backwards

48 Germany

49 Pumpkin

50 Jacob Marley

51 His Mother's cow

52 Red

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53 An angel gets its wings

54 Aladdin

55 Twankey (his mother was widow Twankey)

56 Sleeping Beauty

57 Ten

58 Jingle Bells

59 Clarence (Oddbody)

60 Male roles played by women

61 Wishy Washy

62 Socks

63 James

64 Frightful

65 Ladies dancing

66 Eleven

67 Seven

68 Pumpkin & mice

69 Columbine

70 Postmen

71 India

72 1984

73 18th (1717)

74 Good King Wenceslas

75 Cinderella

76 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

77 How the Grinch Stole Christmas

78 London

79 Canada

80 Norway

81 Japan

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82 Ukraine

83 Greece

84 Narnia

85 Dumb and Dumber

86 Dick Whittington

87 Dick Whittington

88 Peter Pan

89 Porridge

90 1996

91 1717

92 Lincoln’s Inn (Theatre)

93 Levi's (Levi Strauss & Co)

94 Christmas card

95 Christmas Island

96 Italy (Befana loosely means a witch)

97 Boney M

98 Almond

99 St. Nicholas

100 Welsh

101 Hong Kong and Macau

102 Frankincense

103 Reindeer

104 6th January

105 Oak

106 C

107 Nativity scene (literally meaning crib)

108 TRUE

109 Pakistan

110 Bob Cratchitt

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111 VistaVision

112 Queen Mother (She was 80 in 1980)

113 The Nightmare before Christmas

114 Christmas Fair on a frozen River Thames

115 Mistletoe

116 Yule (or Yule-tide)

117 Circumcision

118 Wheaties

119 Jerez

120 They should be in rhyming couplets and they should never be spoken in rehearsal

121 Advent

122 24th December

123 Arctic Ocean

124 Holiday Inn

125 Candles

126 (Alan) Partridge

127 Turtle

128 French

129 Dove

130 Lords

131 King's Canyon National Park, California

132 We Three Kings of Orient Are

133 Twelfth Night

134 Cake

135 FALSE

136 Oliver Cromwell

137 Christmas tree

138 Snow Leopard

139 Cinnamon & Cloves

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140 To and From

141 Advocaat Lemonade Lime Juice

142 A pig

143 Goat (precisely a Yule Goat)

144 Talk

145 Donner, Dancer, Dasher

146 Jack & Joe

147 Goose

148 Beagle 2

149 Champagne coupe

150 The calendar

151 Christmas cracker

152 Jingle Bells

153 White

154 Mistle thrush

155 26th December

156 Monday

157 Divorce papers

158 Invisibility Cloak

159 The Derby

160 The Coronation Stone (or Stone of Scone, or Stone of Destiny)

161 Popsicle

162 Christmas Quacker

163 A Pumpkin

164 Telescope

165 Martini

166 Babycham

167 O Come All Ye Faithful

168 Anwar Sadat

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169 Poult

170 Pears

171 Hogmanay

172 They’re both played by a member of the opposite sex

173 Capricorn

174 H2O

175 Silent Night

176 Are (you hangin up a stocking…)

177 Toto

178 Buttercup

179 Dandini

180 Panettone

181 Old Buttercup

182 Baron Hardup

183 Miners

184 Pigs in blankets

185 Christmas

186 Griswold

187 White Christmas (by Bing Crosby)

188 The Cooler King

189 Wombling

190 Principal Boy

191 Chinese/English/Iraqi(Arab)

192 Iraqi (Arab)

193 English

194 Chinese

195 Tinsel Town

196 Pipes of Peace

197 Poinsettia

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198 Mary's Boy Child (Harry Belafonte and Boney M, respectively)

199 Pig

200 The Bells of London

201 Turboman

202 Christmas

203 TV Executive

204 Sound of the Underground

205 His watch

206 Thank God it's Christmas

207 Tracy

208 Shrek the Halls

209 Fitz

210 A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

211 Foggy

212 Carousel

213 Clockwise

214 Eleven

215 1957

216 On the roof of the London Met office

217 Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie

218 Carp

219 Alan Rickman

220 Eartha Kitt

221 Holly Hunter

222 T S Eliot

223 Apollo 8

224 Robert Louis Stevenson

225 King George V

226 UNICEF

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227 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

228 We Wish You a Merry Christmas

229 Silent Night

230 Rudolph

231 Cranberry sauce

232 Tinsel

233 Christmas Pudding

234 A Dog Is For Life, Not Just For Christmas

235 Let it Snow x 3

236 Mary's Boy Child

237 Wales

238 Turkey

239 Norway

240 Oslo

241 Romania

242 It's a Wonderful Life

243 Joseph Grimaldi

244 Ernie Wise

245 The Grinch

246 Die Hard

247 Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade

248 Shirley Temple

249 Humphrey Bogart

250 William I

251 Charles & Camilla

252 Little Jack Horner

253 Melchior

254 Dick Whittington

255 Buttons

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256 Dick Whittington

257 Jack & the Beanstalk

258 Babes in the Wood

259 The Night Before Christmas

260 Vince Cable

261 Twas The Night before Christmas

262 Delaware

263 David Bowie

264 There is Nothing Like a Dame from South Pacific

265 Jingle Bells

266 Oklahoma

267 Carrot

268 Mistletoe

269 Cinderella

270 Aladdin and Cinderella

271 Arizona & Florida

272 Wizzard

273 Theodore Roosevelt

274 Slap Stick

275 Pantomime

276 Irving Berlin

277 Australia

278 Samaritans

279 Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Christmas Yet to Come, and Jacob Marley

280 Tchaikovsky

281 Hansel and Gretel

282 St Stephen

283 George Bailey (played by James Stewart)

284 Anthony Hopkins

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285 Richard Attenborough

286 Tim Allen

287 Their Father

288 Johnny Mathis

289 Balthazar

290 George the Fifth (in 1932)

291 Danny Kaye

292 Robert Burns

293 Dr Seuss

294 Mr. Blobby

295 Santa Claus

296 They're always losing their needles

297 Because they were two deer

298 Because there's "Noel"

299 Stalactite

300 Turkey