63 Festive Christmas Song Trivia Questions and Answers🎅

Welcome to our festive Christmas Song Trivia! As the holiday season approaches, what better way to get into the spirit than by testing your knowledge of some of the most iconic Christmas tunes? Whether you’re a fan of the timeless classics or the more modern holiday hits, this trivia has something for everyone. From the origins of beloved carols to memorable lines from popular Christmas songs, our carefully curated questions are sure to challenge and entertain. So gather your friends and family, grab a cup of hot cocoa, and let’s see how well you know your Christmas music. Let the merry quiz begin!

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Christmas Song Trivia

1. Which singer released the highly successful 2011 album simply titled ‘Christmas’, a frequent source of Christmas Song Trivia?

2. What popular Christmas Song Trivia piece was co-written by Frank Loesser and premiered on Rudy Vallee’s radio show in 1944?

3. What famous British glam rock band released ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’ in 1973, often featured in Christmas Song Trivia?

4. The song ‘Auld Lang Syne’ is traditionally sung to celebrate what event, often included in Christmas Song Trivia?

5. What is the name of the reindeer that is often excluded from the list of Santa’s reindeer in Christmas Song Trivia lists, but is featured in the 1939 song?

6. What famous Christmas Song Trivia fact is that the melody for the carol ‘What Child Is This?’ is the same as the popular tune ‘Greensleeves’?

7. Which rock guitarist’s band, featured in Christmas Song Trivia, released the instrumental track ‘Sleigh Ride’ on their 1996 album Christmas Eve and Other Stories?

8. Which famous medieval carol, often used for Christmas Song Trivia, is written entirely in Latin?

9. In the song ‘Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town’, what should you watch out for, according to Christmas Song Trivia?

10. Which American composer wrote the music for the classic 1943 Christmas Song Trivia piece ‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas’?

11. Which classic Christmas Song Trivia song was written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, the same duo who wrote ‘Let It Snow’?

12. The Christmas Song Trivia classic ‘A Holly Jolly Christmas’ mentions hanging up what color sock?

13. What is the common name of the carol written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1863, featured in Christmas Song Trivia?

14. Which famous Christmas Song Trivia song features the line ‘Ding-dong, ding-dong, that is the sound of the bell’?

15. What is the original title of the song ‘Silver Bells’, which is often included in Christmas Song Trivia?

16. Which famous Christmas Song Trivia song’s lyrics describe the season as being full of ‘parties for hosting, marshmallows for toasting’?

17. What object does the singer tell the audience to ‘have a cup of’ in ‘A Holly Jolly Christmas’, a fact often found in Christmas Song Trivia?

18. Which pop singer released the Christmas song ‘Santa Tell Me’ in 2014, a favorite in Christmas Song Trivia?

19. The famous reindeer who is never mentioned in the poem ‘The Night Before Christmas’ is often the subject of Christmas Song Trivia; what is his name?

20. What famous carol contains the title word ‘Silent’ three times in the first verse, a fact often noted in Christmas Song Trivia?

21. The 2014 Christmas Song Trivia hit ‘Text Me Merry Christmas’ was recorded by Kristen Bell and which male singer?

22. Which American jazz singer’s version of ‘Blue Christmas’ is the most famous, a piece of Christmas Song Trivia?

23. Which contemporary Christmas Song Trivia artist released the song ‘Where Are You Christmas?’ for the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas?

24. Which classic Christmas Song Trivia song was written by Gloria Shayne Baker and Noel Regney in 1962 as a plea for peace?

25. The popular Christmas Song Trivia song ‘Mistletoe and Wine’ was a hit for which English singer in 1988?

26. Which popular 1980s singer, a favorite in Christmas Song Trivia, had a solo hit with ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’?

27. What word completes the line: ‘He knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you’re ___’ in the popular Christmas Song Trivia song ‘Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town’?

28. The song ‘O Tannenbaum’ is German, but what does the German title literally mean in Christmas Song Trivia?

29. What is the name of the German composer of the famous carol ‘Stille Nacht’ (‘Silent Night’), a key piece of Christmas Song Trivia?

30. What item of clothing does Grandma have a run-in with in the popular novelty Christmas Song Trivia song ‘Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer’?

31. What is the title of the song where the singer tells a man that he is ‘gonna miss the fireplace’ in Christmas Song Trivia?

32. Who sang the version of ‘Santa Baby’ that was a hit in 1953?

33. Which singer made ‘Feliz Navidad’ a popular Christmas song?

34. What popular Christmas song did ‘The Beach Boys’ release in 1964?

35. Who sang ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas’ in 1951?

36. What is the name of the Christmas song that starts with ‘Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet’?

37. Which artist released ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ in 1994?

38. In ‘Deck the Halls,’ what is the phrase that follows ‘Troll the ancient Yuletide carol’?

39. Who composed the music for the song ‘O Holy Night’?

40. In ‘O Christmas Tree,’ what aspect of the tree is repeatedly praised?

41. What Christmas song was written by Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941?

42. Who originally performed ‘Merry Christmas Darling’ in 1970?

43. In which Christmas song is the line ‘From now on, our troubles will be miles away’?

44. What band released the hit song ‘Christmas Time (Don’t Let the Bells End)’ in 2003?

45. What Christmas song was written during a heatwave in Hollywood in 1945?

46. Who originally sang ‘Please Come Home for Christmas’ in 1960?

47. In ‘Up on the Housetop,’ what does Santa bring for Nell?

48. Which singer released ‘Underneath the Tree’ in 2013?

49. What is the best-selling Christmas album of all time?

50. Which song by Paul McCartney is a well-known Christmas song?

51. In ‘Sleigh Ride,’ what is heard along the way?

52. Who wrote and composed ‘Carol of the Bells’?

53. What Christmas carol contains the line ‘God and sinners reconciled’?

54. Which Christmas song was originally written in 1942 to raise money for the American Red Cross?

55. What Christmas song was originally called “One Horse Open Sleigh”?

56. Which Christmas song was banned by the BBC during World War II for being too depressing?

57. Which Christmas carol was written by John Francis Wade in the 18th century and is often sung in Latin?

58. Which Christmas song was first recorded by the Sons of the Pioneers in 1941 and later became a hit for Bing Crosby?

59. What Christmas song was written by a songwriter who also composed the theme for the TV show The Twilight Zone?

60. Which Christmas song was inspired by the composer’s experience of seeing children playing in the snow?

61. Which Christmas song was originally written for a 1947 movie called Holiday Inn?

62. Which Christmas song was banned by the BBC during the 1960s for being “too sexy”?

63. Which Christmas song was the first to be broadcast from space?

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the most recorded Christmas song in history?

“Silent Night” holds the record as the most recorded Christmas song worldwide.

Which Christmas song was originally written for Thanksgiving before becoming a Christmas classic?

“Jingle Bells” was originally composed for Thanksgiving.

Which Christmas song inspired by a poem became the U.S. national anthem’s inspiration during the War of 1812?

Actually, the War of 1812 inspired “The Star-Spangled Banner,” but the Christmas song “The Night Before Christmas” (based on the poem A Visit from St. Nicholas) is a key holiday classic.

What’s next?

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