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Home » 55 Christmas Music Trivia Questions & Answers

55 Christmas Music Trivia Questions & Answers

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By Jeff Marshall | March 12, 2024

Below are 55 Christmas music trivia questions and answers that will put your knowledge of holiday tunes to the test. Our questions cover Christmas carols and holiday favorites past and present. Even the savviest of you holiday know-it-alls may find a question or two that may very well stump you.

Is there a category of music that is more cherished or more widely known than Christmas songs? It practically seems like we came out of the womb singing FA LA LA LA LA. They become imprinted not only in our minds but in our hearts.

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Christmas music also has the ability to transport us back to certain times and places. For me personally, there are a couple specific carols that bring such vivid memories to mind. I almost became overwhelmed with warmth and nostalgia.

But enough of the sentimental stuff. We’re here for some TRIVIA! Memorize these 55 questions and answers, and you’ll be the hit of every Christmas gathering you attend and the envy of your competitors.

So let’s dispatch with the chitchat and get down to the nitty gritty.

55 Christmas Music Trivia Questions and Answers
Table Of Contents
  1. Classic Christmas Song Trivia Questions
  2. Modern Christmas Music Trivia
  3. Christmas Music in Popular Culture
  4. Unique and Unusual Christmas Song Facts
  5. Christmas Around the World
  6. The Impact of Christmas Music on Holiday Celebrations

Classic Christmas Song Trivia Questions

1. What Christmas song has the alternate title CHRISTMAS DON’T BE LATE?

Answer: THE CHIPMUNK SONG

2. Who wrote WHITE CHRISTMAS?

Answer: Irving Berlin

3. How many gifts did the singer end up getting in THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS?

Answer: 364

4. A CHRISTMAS ALBUM was this artist’s tenth studio album but their first Christmas album.

Answer: Barbra Streisand

5. Who wrote JESUS REFULSIT OMNIUM, believed to be one of the first Christmas hymns?

Answer: St. Hilary of Poitier

6. The same person wrote RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE and HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS. What is his name?

Answer: Johnny Marks (ironically, he was Jewish)

andy williams in a suit and bow tie.
7. What Christmas carol inspired a truce during World War I?

Answer: SILENT NIGHT

8. Who was the singing voice of The Grinch AND the voice of Frosted Flakes mascot Tony the Tiger?

Answer: Thurl Ravenscroft

9. A violin solo of what Christmas hymn was the second piece of music ever broadcast on radio?

Answer: O HOLY NIGHT

10. What crooner co-wrote a Christmas song called MISTLETOE AND HOLLY?

Answer: Frank Sinatra

11. As of December 2023, who recorded the best-selling Christmas album of all time?

Answer: Elvis Presley

12. In IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS, where is the prettiest sight found?

Answer: On your own front door

13. What Christmas hymn is sung to the tune of GREENSLEEVES?

Answer: WHAT CHILD IS THIS

14. What is the English name of the Christmas carol ADESTE FIDELIS?

Answer: O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL

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15. What movie cowboy wrote HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS?

Answer: Gene Autry

Modern Christmas Music Trivia

16. What Christmas song was released in 1984 but didn’t rank #1 on the music charts until 33 years later?

Answer: LAST CHRISTMAS by Wham!

17. Who sang about her years growing up on a CHRISTMAS TREE FARM?

Answer: Taylor Swift

18. What girl group took four days off the traditional song and made 8 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS?

Answer: Destiny’s Child

19. Who sang a 2021 duet with Elton John entitled MERRY CHRISTMAS?

Answer: Ed Sheeran

20. What real-life couple joined forces on YOU MAKE IT FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS?

Answer: Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton

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21. What Oscar-winning actress sang the song WHAT IF in 2001’s CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE MOVIE?

Answer: Kate Winslet

22. Which boy band had a hit with MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS?

Answer: NYSNC

23. What was the name of Justin Bieber’s 2011 Christmas album?

Answer: UNDER THE MISTLETOE

24. What was the name of Michael Jackson’s only Christmas song?

Answer: LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE

25. What trio sang LIKE IT’S CHRISTMAS?

Answer: The Jonas Brothers

26. What Christmas favorite did One Direction sing on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon backed only by toy instruments?

Answer: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN

27. This singer’s COZY LITTLE CHRISTMAS is the first track on the compilation CD called THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS SONGS OF THE 21ST CENTURY.

Answer: Katy Perry

28. In what year was Mariah’s Carey’s ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU released?

Answer: 1994

29. Faith Hill recorded the studio version of what song from the 2000 theatrical version of HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS?

Answer: WHERE ARE YOU, CHRISTMAS?

30. According to the Merle Haggard song, what does Bobby want for Christmas?

Answer: A puppy

a boy in a red suit holding a present - all i want for christmas is my two front teeth.

Christmas Music in Popular Culture

31. What Christmas song did Judy Garland sing in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS?

Answer: HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS

32. What song is sung while the children ice skate at the beginning of A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS?

Answer: CHRISTMASTIME IS HERE

33. What familiar Christmas tune was originally called TINKLE BELL and written for a 1951 Bob Hope comedy called THE LEMON DROP KID?

Answer: SILVER BELLS

34. What Christmas hymn does Carol sing while Mike is trapped at a construction site in A VERY BRADY CHRISTMAS?

Answer: O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL

35. What Christmas song is played over the opening credits of LETHAL WEAPON?

Answer: JINGLE BELL ROCK

charlie brown christmas cover of a cd album
36. Who recorded a Christmas album with The Muppets in 1979?

Answer: John Denver

37. Elvis Presley’s BLUE CHRISTMAS was featured prominently in which of his movies?

Answer: G.I. Blues

38. The cast of what classic TV show made a Christmas album entitled CHRISTMAS ON THE PONDEROSA?

Answer: BONANZA

Unique and Unusual Christmas Song Facts

39. What Christmas song was originally written as an advertising jingle for Montgomery Ward?

Answer: RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER

40. How old was Brenda Lee when she first recorded ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE??

Answer: Thirteen.

41. What holiday favorite was the first song played in space?

Answer: JINGLE BELLS

42. This Christmas song was written in response to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

Answer: DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?

Dolly Parton in a red dress.
43. What Christmas song, written in 1864, was the first to mention Santa Claus?

Answer: UP ON THE HOUSETOP

44. What Christmas song was written in 1944 during a summer heatwave?

Answer: THE CHRISTMAS SONG (CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE)

45. What is the best-selling Christmas single of all time?

Answer: WHITE CHRISTMAS by Bing Crosby

Christmas Around the World

46. Band Aid’s DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS? was a charity song to benefit what cause?

Answer: Famine in Ethiopia

47. Which Puerto Rican singer had a holiday hit with FELIZ NAVIDAD?

Answer: Jose Feliciano

48. In the song SIX WHITE BOOMERS, the heat on what continent is too much for Santa’s reindeers to handle?

Answer: Australia

a Christmas Story cover with pacman cartoon characters
49. TONTTU is a favorite Christmas carol in what country?

Answer: Finland

50. The Norwegian carol MUSEVISA is a song about what type of animal?

Answer: A mouse

The Impact of Christmas Music on Holiday Celebrations

51. What song, written by music professor Joe Bennett, was named by Good Housekeeping as the happiest Christmas song of all time?

Answer: LOVE’S NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS

52. According to Prevagen, listening to Christmas music can lower the levels of what stress hormone?

Answer: Cortisol

53. According to Spotify, on what date does listening to Christmas music start to spike in the United States?

Answer: November 13

54. According to a Stylist article, what percentage of people believe it is wrong to start listening to Christmas music before December 1?

Answer: 64%

55. Spotify has a compilation of songs called Music for Decorating the Christmas Tree. What song by Urban Bossa Club is the first track?

Answer: DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

A Cher Christmas cover of a woman in a white shirt and jeans playing in water.

Well, how did you do? I hope you learned a couple of new facts about Christmas music that you will remember every time you sing a carol or hear a holiday favorite on the radio.

For you trivia enthusiasts seeking even more information, I’d invite you to check out these links:

  • The Curious History of the Christmas Carol
  • Rockin’ Around the Christmas Streams: Why Festive Music is Bigger Than Ever
  • Holiday Music NPR

Please share with us any memorable Christmas trivia that you’ve picked up over the years. Remember that knowledge of the holiday can not only enhance your appreciation of it but also provide lots of interesting discussion throughout the season.

55 Christmas Music Trivia Questions and answers

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About Jeff Marshall

Jeff is a life-long film fan and movie blogger. His work has been featured on www.holymess.com and on a tribute to the late film critic Roger Ebert on www.rogerebert.com. He has 800+ reviews on www.letterboxd.com under unclejeff73. His Facebook post regarding STEPHEN KING'S IT in 2017 became a sensation, generating 17,000+ shares and comments. Jeff is obsessed with Meryl Streep and has a video library in the thousands. Follow Jeff Marshall, Movie Blogger on Facebook for more.

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