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Can You Get 10/10 on This Christmas Carols and Songs Trivia Quiz?

You've sung them a hundred times. But do you know where they came from?

By the Buzzuh TeamNovember 14, 2026

Christmas songs are stuck in everyone's head from now until New Year's, whether you like it or not. You probably know every word to the classics, but how much do you know about the stories behind them? Warm up your vocal cords and test your holiday music smarts with these 10 questions.

1"Silent Night" was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 in a small village in which country?

2When "Jingle Bells" was first published in 1857, what was it called?

3In December 1965, astronauts in orbit surprised Mission Control by playing which song on a tiny harmonica and bells?

4The tune of "Deck the Halls" comes from an old song from which country?

5If you add up every gift given in all 12 verses of "The Twelve Days of Christmas," how many gifts is that?

6In "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," what do the carolers demand before they'll leave?

7"Good King Wenceslas" looks out "on the Feast of Stephen." What day is that?

8"O Christmas Tree" was originally a song in which language?

9The word "carol" originally described what?

10The traditional 12 days of Christmas run from Christmas Day to about when?

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