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A song by the English composer Howard Blake is the centrepiece of which animated film of 1982, based on a children's book by Raymond Briggs?Answer: The Snowman. Source: Wikipedia: Walking in the Air
A song written for the film of 2000 about the Grinch was re-recorded by which singer, whose single came out on December 11, 2000?Answer: Faith Hill. Source: Wikipedia: Where Are You Christmas?
Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane wrote a Christmas song in 1943 for an MGM musical of 1944. Who sang it in the film?Answer: Judy Garland. Source: Wikipedia: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
In the stop-motion television special about Rudolph that first aired on December 6, 1964, which singer is the voice of Sam the Snowman?Answer: Burl Ives. Source: Wikipedia: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)
Which Christmas song by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans made its screen debut in a film of 1951, after starting out with a different first word in its title?Answer: Silver Bells. Source: Wikipedia: Silver Bells
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From films, shows and television, continued
Which Christmas song comes from a Broadway musical by Jerry Herman, in which Angela Lansbury first performed it in 1966?Answer: We Need a Little Christmas. Source: Wikipedia: We Need a Little Christmas
Which composer wrote and conducted the score of a 1990 film whose signature tune was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song?Answer: John Williams. Source: Wikipedia: Home Alone (soundtrack)
Which jazz pianist wrote a Christmas standard with Lee Mendelson for an animated CBS television special of 1965?Answer: Vince Guaraldi. Source: Wikipedia: Christmas Time Is Here
Which show tune from a 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical has been included on Christmas albums by many artists since 1964?Answer: My Favorite Things. Source: Wikipedia: My Favorite Things (song)
Which song did Irving Berlin write for a 1942 musical film, in which Bing Crosby introduced it?Answer: White Christmas. Source: Wikipedia: White Christmas (song)
Which song, written by Frank Loesser in 1944 and popularized in a film of 1949, won the 1950 Academy Award for Best Original Song?Answer: Baby, It's Cold Outside. Source: Wikipedia: Baby, It's Cold Outside
Which song, written by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri for a film of 2004, did Josh Groban perform?Answer: Believe. Source: Wikipedia: Believe (Josh Groban song)
Who sang the song about the Grinch in the animated special of 1966, although the closing credits left out his name?Answer: Thurl Ravenscroft. Source: Wikipedia: You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
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A Christmas song about a boy and his drum, written in 1941 by Katherine Kennicott Davis, was first recorded in 1951 by which Austrian family?Answer: The Trapp Family. Source: Wikipedia: The Little Drummer Boy
A song of 1943 by the lyricist Kim Gannon and the composer Walter Kent was originally written to honor whom?Answer: Soldiers serving overseas. Source: Wikipedia: I'll Be Home for Christmas
An orchestral piece that Leroy Anderson finished in February 1948 had no words until 1950. Who was commissioned to write them?Answer: Mitchell Parish. Source: Wikipedia: Sleigh Ride
Gene Autry got the idea for a Christmas song of his own after riding his horse in the Santa Claus Lane Parade of 1946. In which city?Answer: Los Angeles. Source: Wikipedia: Here Comes Santa Claus
The lyricist of which song of 1934 was reportedly inspired by the sight of Central Park in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, covered in snow?Answer: Winter Wonderland. Source: Wikipedia: Winter Wonderland
The title of a Christmas song written in 1949 by R. Alex Anderson is the way which language says 'Merry Christmas'?Answer: Hawaiian. Source: Wikipedia: Mele Kalikimaka
Which pair wrote a winter song in Hollywood in July 1945 that Vaughn Monroe first recorded that fall?Answer: Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne. Source: Wikipedia: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Which Puerto Rican singer-songwriter wrote and first recorded a Christmas song with Spanish and English words in 1970?Answer: José Feliciano. Source: Wikipedia: Feliz Navidad (song)
Which song by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie became a hit after Eddie Cantor sang it on his radio show in November 1934?Answer: Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town. Source: Wikipedia: Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Which song did Meredith Willson write in 1951, with Perry Como the first to record and release it?Answer: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. Source: Wikipedia: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Which song did Robert Wells and Mel Tormé write in 1945?Answer: The Christmas Song. Source: Wikipedia: The Christmas Song
Which songwriter turned the story of Rudolph into a song in 1949, ten years after his brother-in-law created the character?Answer: Johnny Marks. Source: Wikipedia: Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)
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A Christmas song that Elvis Presley recorded for an LP of 1957 had first been recorded in 1948 by whom?Answer: Doye O'Dell. Source: Wikipedia: Blue Christmas (song)
The best-known recordings of a holiday song of 1954, with music by Robert Allen and words by Al Stillman, were made by which singer?Answer: Perry Como. Source: Wikipedia: Home for the Holidays (song)
Bing Crosby recorded a Christmas duet for a television special on 11 September 1977 with which English singer-songwriter?Answer: David Bowie. Source: Wikipedia: Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy
Which American blues singer and pianist wrote and released a Christmas song in 1960 that entered the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1961?Answer: Charles Brown. Source: Wikipedia: Please Come Home for Christmas
Which American musician wrote and originally recorded a Christmas song about toy trains, released as a single in late 1967?Answer: Roger Miller. Source: Wikipedia: Old Toy Trains
Which duo first recorded a Christmas song with lyrics by Frank Pooler in 1970?Answer: The Carpenters. Source: Wikipedia: Merry Christmas Darling
Which pop singer recorded a new song by Edward Pola and George Wyle in 1963 for his first Christmas album?Answer: Andy Williams. Source: Wikipedia: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Which singer first released a Christmas song in 1957 that is generally considered his signature song?Answer: Bobby Helms. Source: Wikipedia: Jingle Bell Rock
Which singer helped to write a Christmas song of 1957 and released it that year on a Christmas album of his own?Answer: Frank Sinatra. Source: Wikipedia: Mistletoe and Holly
Which singer made a song about a playful snowflake famous in 1951?Answer: Rosemary Clooney. Source: Wikipedia: Suzy Snowflake
Which singer performed a tongue-in-cheek song of 1953, a Christmas list addressed to Santa Claus, with Henri René and His Orchestra?Answer: Eartha Kitt. Source: Wikipedia: Santa Baby
Which singer was 13 years old when she recorded a Christmas song by Johnny Marks in 1958?Answer: Brenda Lee. Source: Wikipedia: Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Who originally sang a pop song on a Christmas album of 1963 and performed it on David Letterman's late-night show in 1986?Answer: Darlene Love. Source: Wikipedia: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
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A Christmas song that Johnny Marks wrote in 1962 was featured in a Rankin-Bass special of 1964. Which singer re-recorded it and released it as a single that year?Answer: Burl Ives. Source: Wikipedia: A Holly Jolly Christmas
A music teacher wrote a novelty Christmas song in 1944 after noticing what about his second grade class?Answer: Almost all had a front tooth missing. Source: Wikipedia: All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
How did Ross Bagdasarian make the high voices of his chipmunks on a novelty record of 1958?Answer: By varying the tape speeds. Source: Wikipedia: The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)
How old was Gayla Peevey when she performed a novelty song of 1953 about wanting a hippopotamus?Answer: 10. Source: Wikipedia: I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
In a song of 1967 by the Royal Guardsmen, Snoopy is sent out on a bitterly cold Christmas Eve to fight which opponent?Answer: The Red Baron. Source: Wikipedia: Snoopy's Christmas
In a song that Lou Monte recorded in 1960, a donkey named Dominick helps Santa Claus bring presents to children in which country?Answer: Italy. Source: Wikipedia: Dominick the Donkey
Rudolph is usually shown as which of Santa Claus's reindeer?Answer: The ninth and youngest. Source: Wikipedia: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett wrote which novelty song, which reached Billboard's pop charts in several recordings during the 1955 holiday season?Answer: Nuttin' for Christmas. Source: Wikipedia: Nuttin' for Christmas
The song about Frosty was first recorded in 1950 with the Cass County Boys. Which entertainer recorded it later that year?Answer: Jimmy Durante. Source: Wikipedia: Frosty the Snowman
Which American singer first recorded, in 1952, a song by the British songwriter Tommie Connor about a child who sees a parent kissing Santa Claus?Answer: Jimmy Boyd. Source: Wikipedia: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Which novelty Christmas song, written by Randy Brooks, was first performed in 1979 by Elmo Shropshire under the name Elmo and Patsy?Answer: Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. Source: Wikipedia: Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
Who first released a Christmas song by Hal Moore and Bill Fredericks, with a title that begins with the word Must, in November 1960?Answer: Mitch Miller. Source: Wikipedia: Must Be Santa (song)
Whose recording of the song about Rudolph hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts in the week of Christmas 1949?Answer: Gene Autry. Source: Wikipedia: Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)
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A Christmas single by Run-DMC appeared in 1987 on the first of a series of compilation albums made to benefit which organization?Answer: The Special Olympics. Source: Wikipedia: Christmas in Hollis
A Christmas single of 1971 by the Plastic Ono Band was released with which choir?Answer: The Harlem Community Choir. Source: Wikipedia: Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
A Christmas song from a 1998 album by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra is set to a tune by which composer?Answer: Johann Pachelbel. Source: Wikipedia: Christmas Canon
Bob Geldof and Midge Ure wrote a charity song in 1984 that a supergroup of British and Irish musicians recorded in a single day. What was the supergroup called?Answer: Band Aid. Source: Wikipedia: Do They Know It's Christmas?
Which American band's single of December 9, 1963, applies hot-rod themes to Santa Claus and his sleigh?Answer: The Beach Boys. Source: Wikipedia: Little Saint Nick
Which American new wave band first released its Christmas song on a compilation album of 1981?Answer: The Waitresses. Source: Wikipedia: Christmas Wrapping
Which British musician performed a Christmas song released in November 1973, with lyrics by Bernie Taupin?Answer: Elton John. Source: Wikipedia: Step into Christmas
Which British rock band earned the UK Christmas number one of December 1973?Answer: Slade. Source: Wikipedia: Merry Xmas Everybody
Which English duo released a Christmas single on 3 December 1984 that spent five consecutive weeks at number two in the UK?Answer: Wham! Source: Wikipedia: Last Christmas
Which English musician released a synth-pop Christmas song in November 1979, his first solo single since 1971?Answer: Paul McCartney. Source: Wikipedia: Wonderful Christmastime
Which musician wrote and first recorded a Christmas song about Rudolph in 1958, released as a single on Chess Records?Answer: Chuck Berry. Source: Wikipedia: Run Rudolph Run
Which singer released the lead single of her first holiday album on October 29, 1994, a song she wrote and produced with Walter Afanasieff?Answer: Mariah Carey. Source: Wikipedia: All I Want for Christmas Is You
Which singer-songwriter wrote a Christmas song on December 1, 2019, and saw it released as a single on December 6?Answer: Taylor Swift. Source: Wikipedia: Christmas Tree Farm
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A children's song about making a dreidel and playing with it belongs to which holiday?Answer: Hanukkah. Source: Wikipedia: I Have a Little Dreidel
A song about winter, written in 1949 by Carl Sigman and Peter DeRose, was first a hit for which singer?Answer: Bing Crosby. Source: Wikipedia: A Marshmallow World
An instrumental medley first released in 1995, and re-released by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in 1996, describes a lone player of which instrument?Answer: The cello. Source: Wikipedia: Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24
In what form was the Christmas song by the English singer-songwriter Chris Rea first released, in 1986?Answer: As the B-side of another single. Source: Wikipedia: Driving Home for Christmas
Phil Spector's Christmas album of November 1963 gave a series of mostly secular Christmas standards which production style?Answer: The Wall of Sound. Source: Wikipedia: A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
Which British rock band released a winter single on 18 November 1983, written by its lead vocalist, Chrissie Hynde?Answer: Pretenders. Source: Wikipedia: 2000 Miles
Which Canadian singer released his first Christmas album, his seventh studio album, in October 2011?Answer: Michael Bublé. Source: Wikipedia: Christmas (Michael Bublé album)
Which comedian first performed his novelty holiday song on Saturday Night Live on December 3, 1994?Answer: Adam Sandler. Source: Wikipedia: The Chanukah Song
Which instrumental jazz standard by Vince Guaraldi, named for two siblings, is the main theme tune of the Peanuts animated specials?Answer: Linus and Lucy. Source: Wikipedia: Linus and Lucy
Which singer's first Christmas album, released on October 15, 1957, spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart?Answer: Elvis Presley. Source: Wikipedia: Elvis' Christmas Album
Which songwriter copyrighted a winter love song in 1937 that made its film debut in a musical on February 12 of that year?Answer: Irving Berlin. Source: Wikipedia: I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
Who wrote a popular song about New Year's Eve in 1947, first recorded that year by Margaret Whiting?Answer: Frank Loesser. Source: Wikipedia: What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
How this list was compiled: Written for this site; nothing was copied from another list. Questions and wrong choices are our own. Each explanation restates, in our own sentences, a fact from the English Wikipedia article named and linked beside the question (https://en.wikipedia.org, text under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license), and the passage that states each fact was found in that article on October 16, 2026 before the question was kept. 75 articles are linked for 76 questions, each the article on the song, the album, the special or the character asked about (two questions share the article on the song about Rudolph). The pack is about popular Christmas songs of the record era, 1934 to 2019: songs from films, shows and television; who wrote them; who sang them first; songs for children and novelty hits; rock and pop; and a round of Hanukkah, New Year and winter songs and Christmas albums. The old carols are left to the site's Christmas carol game. The title of a song stands only as an answer, a choice or in the reason for an answer, and no lyric is quoted. Performers are named only with recordings, chart places and dates of record. Nothing that a new season changes is asked: no running total and no record that still stands open. A sentence that carries a citation-needed tag in its article was not used. Levels are our estimate: easy is fair for any table, medium suits a regular quiz player, hard will stump most tables. Each question also carries the date its article was read. Licence: own work
How it works
Which Christmas song began as Tinkle Bells, and who was 13 when she recorded a hit of 1958? This Christmas song trivia game asks about the songs of the record era. The old carols have their own game.
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How to play the Christmas song trivia game
Split the room into teams and give each a round. From films, shows and television has a film of 1942 and a snowman who comes to life. Who wrote it and Who sang it first go from a radio show of 1934 to a duet taped in 1977. Rock and pop, 1958 to 2019 reaches a song written on December 1, 2019.
Holiday songs trivia questions beyond Christmas
Holiday songs, winter songs and albums has a dreidel song, a song for New Year's Eve and winter songs that never mention Christmas. Songs for children and novelty hits has Rudolph, Frosty, the chipmunks and a hippopotamus.
Hum a few bars as a clue for a table that is stuck.
Questions and answers
What is a good Christmas song trivia question?
One with a story behind it. Which song did a music teacher write in 1944 after seeing the gaps in his second graders' smiles? It is All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth, and he wrote it in 30 minutes.
Are the Christmas song trivia questions and answers printable?
Yes. All 76 questions and answers are listed under the game. After a set, Print gives a sheet of the questions you have just played, and ticking With answer key adds the key.
Is this Christmas song trivia game good for kids?
Start them on Songs for children and novelty hits. Six of its thirteen questions are easy, among them ones about Rudolph, a donkey named Dominick, Snoopy and the voices of the chipmunks. The other rounds lean on dates and names that grandparents will know.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 16, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article linked beside it, 75 articles for 76 questions. No question asks for a lyric.