Wishing you all a wonderful Twixtmas. My late gift to you is a little Christmas quiz, so grab a drink and a mince pie and see how well you do. The final five questions involve guessing the answer to Christmas cracker jokes I collected on Christmas Day. Good luck!

- How many ghosts turn up in A Christmas Carol?
- The movie Miracle on 34th Street is based on a real-life department store. What is it?
- What words follow “Silent Night” in the song?
- Which Hollywood actor played six different roles in The Polar Express?
- Which Christmas song contains the lyric “Everyone dancing merrily in the new old-fashioned way?”
- Which one of Santa’s reindeer has the same name as another holiday mascot?
- Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
- According to the song, what did my true love give to me on the eighth day of Christmas?
- Which country has been donating Trafalgar Square’s Christmas tree to London every year since 1947?
- What gift did Harry Potter receive from the Dursleys during his first Christmas at Hogwarts?
- In the 2008 Gavin & Stacey Christmas special what gifts does Nessa give to everyone?
- Question: Who was killed off in 2012’s Downton Abbey‘s Christmas special cliffhanger?
- Which British monarch is thought to be the first to enjoy turkey on Christmas Day?
- In what year was the first Christmas card sent?
- If you were born on Christmas Day, what star sign would you be?
- Who originally sang Santa Baby?
- In which country do folk give books as gifts on Christmas Eve?
- Who invented the Christmas cracker?
- Where does the name Boxing Day come from?
- How many people watched the Queen’s Speech on Christmas Day?

Cracker jokes!
- What happened to the person who stole the advent calendar?
- Where do snowmen go to dance?
- Who is Santa’s favourite singer?
- What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
- Why can’t Christmas trees knit?
Raising a glass to you all to wish you health and happiness for 2022.

Answers
1. Four, 2. Macy’s, 3. Holy night, 4. Tom Hanks, 5. “Rocking Around The Christmas Tree”, 6. Cupid, 7. Germany, 8. Eight maids a milking, 9. Norway, 10, Fifty pence, 11. One chocolate each from a box of celebrations, 12. Dan Stevens’ Matthew Crawley, 13. Henry V111, 14.1843, 15. Capricorn, 16. Eartha Kitt, 17. Iceland, 18. Tom Smith, 19. Boxing Day was a traditional day off for servants in which they received a ‘Christmas Box’ from their master. 20. 7.4 million viewers, 21. He got 25 days, 22. Snowball, 23. Elf-is Presley, 24. Frostbite, 25. Because they always drop their needles!
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