Which of the 12 Days of Christmas Are You?

By: Joshua Laurent
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Which of the 12 Days of Christmas Are You?
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About This Quiz

It's one of the first Christmas carols everybody learns, but does anybody actually remember all of it? There are birds and jewelry and people and more birds. In the dozen days of holiday, which are you?
Aside from Christmas, which is your favorite holiday?
Easter
Valentine's Day
Halloween
Thanksgiving

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What's one thing you could do without during Christmas?
Spending so much money
All of the music
Crowded stores
So many specials on TV

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From those listed, which is your favorite Christmas song?
Jingle Bells
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Frosty the Snowman
Holy Jolly Christmas

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From those listed, which is your favorite Christmas carol?
Oh Come All Ye Faithful
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Joy to the World
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

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What's your favorite Christmas special?
Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Santa Claus is Comin' To Town
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

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Who is the best singer of Christmas songs?
Bing Crosby
Gene Autry
Mitch Miller
John Denver and The Muppets

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Which of the following is your favorite reindeer?
Donner
Blitzen
Comet
Cupid

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What age were you when you found out... you know... about Santa Claus?
10
7
I always knew
12

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If red were not allowed, which would be the best color for Santa Claus' outfit?
Green
Blue
White
Purple

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What's the best thing about Christmas?
Being around family
The food
The music and TV shows
Getting and giving gifts

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When people say 'Christmas has become too commercial' what do you think?
Oh, you're one of THOSE people
People say this every year
It's not commercial enough
They are correct

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What's your favorite Christmas food or drink?
Egg Nog
Fruit cake
Cookies
Candy Canes

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How much will you be spending on Christmas gifts this year?
$0-$100
$400-$800
$800+
$100-$400

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If you could move Christmas to any other month, which one makes the most sense?
March
July
October
Leave it in December

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What's the hardest thing to believe about the Santa Claus story?
He's capable of delivering all of those gifts in one night
He has magic reindeer that can fly
He never dies
The people who make the toys are elves, which aren't actual people, but a freaky hybrid that should be disected and studied.

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What's the worst thing about not celebrating Christmas because of your religion?
Being left out of a cultural tradition
Nobody knows about my beliefs
My friends seem to be having a lot of fun
I feel different

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How long before Christmas are you done your shopping?
Christmas Eve
Around Dec. 20
Around Dec. 10
Around Dec. 1

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Who put out the worst Christmas album?
Mariah Carey
New Kids on the Block
The Jingle Cats
Elvis

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What do you prefer to do in a winter wonderland?
Build a snowman
Deny to that snowman that you are married
Stay inside and conspire
Frolic and play, the Eskimo way

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As a kid, how early would you wake up on Christmas morning?
4:30 a.m.
5:30 a.m.
7 a.m.
9 a.m.

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What's the worst stocking stuffer?
Socks
Hygiene products
Batteries
Any non-candy food

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How do you feel the day after Christmas?
Relieved
Sad
Tired
Looking forward to New Year's Eve

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Which singer are you most baffled by the fact they've sold over 5 million Christmas albums
Celine Dion
Kenny G
Johnny Mathis
Josh Groban

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Why does it seem like most of our Christmas music comes from 1950-1965?
TV was in its early days
Christmas was more widely celebrated
More was simply released
Because the Baby Boomers still try to run everything

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What's the most interesting statistic about Christmas?
Over 3 billion cards are sent
It's a total of 364 gifts in The 12 Days of Christmas
The tallest Christmas tree ever used publicly was 221 feet tall.
Around 20,000 people play Santa in a professional aspect during the holiday season.

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What's the most interesting Christmas related date?
Alabama was the first state to officially recognize Christmas in 1836
Christmas wasn’t declared an official holiday in the US until June 26, 1870.
Oklahoma was the last U.S. state to declare Christmas a legal holiday, in 1907.
In 1962, the first Christmas postage stamp was issued in the U.S.

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Which of the following true statements is hardest to believe?
Christmas accounts for 1/6 of all retail sales in the U.S.
Santa would have to make 842 million stops on Christmas Eve, traveling 221 million miles.
During the Christmas season, nearly 28 sets of LEGO are sold every second.
Norwegian scientists have hypothesized that Rudolph’s Rudolph's red nose is probably the result of a parasitic infection of his respiratory system.

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How long before Christmas do you put up you Christmas tree?
2 weeks
The week of Christmas
A month
Within 48 hours of Thanksgiving ending

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What's the most anyone should pay for an 8-foot Christmas tree?
$20
$35
$80
$50

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How many Christmas/Holiday parties will you attend this year?
0-1
2-3
4-6
7+

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