Answers to the Christmas quiz in the village newsletter
** Who wrote the song `White Christmas`? Irving Berlin
** Including Rudolph, how many reindeer pull Santa’s sleigh? 9
** In `The Twelve Days of Christmas`, what do the French Hens represent? Faith, hope & charity
** Which comic actor died on Christmas day 1977? Charlie Chaplin
**Which critically acclaimed film about King Henry II takes place over the Christmas holidays in the year 1183? Lion in Winter
**What is the name of George Bailey’s guardian angel in It’s a Wonderful Life? Clarence Odbody
**Which King of England was crowned on Christmas day? William the Conqueror
** Who was the first spirit-like visitor seen by Ebenezer Scrooge? Jacob Marley
** What was the last UK Christmas No 1 of the 1970s? Another Brick in the Wall, Pink Floyd
**Who made the headlines in 1906 by refusing Christmas dinner? Imprisoned suffragettes
**Which pantomime hero marries Jasmin? Aladin
**According to the Christmas song, who had “a jolly happy soul”? Frosty the Snowman
**Where was it always winter but never Christmas? Narnia
**According to the song `The Twelve Days of Christmas`, how many gifts in total did my true love give to me? 364
**Which book begins “Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without any presents”? Little Women
**What did Harry Potter get as a Christmas present during his first term at Hogwarts? Invisibility cloak
**Which record was a Christmas No.1 in 1975 and 1991? Bohemian Rhapsody
**Which former Hollywood child star and US ambassador once said “I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked me for my autograph.” Shirley Temple
**The name of which herb is used as a magic word in a Christmas pantomime? Sesame
**What Dr Seuss character steals Christmas? Grinch
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