Christmas lesson

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Christmas lesson

Poinsettia

Wreath 

Baubles

Mistletoe

Stocking

Christmas Cracker

Christmas Pudding

00:40

Around ____ people in the world expect a visit from Santa every year

1. 600 thousand
2. 600 million
3. 6 billion

00:50

There are several children in every home, so Santa would only need to visit ____ homes

1. 24 million
2. 200 million
3. 240 million

01:19

He would have ___ hours to deliver all the presents

1. 31
2. 24
3. 13

01:35

Santa would have to fly ____ the fastest plane in the world

1. twice as fast as
2. 100 times as fast as
3. 1,200 times as fast as

01:45

Reindeers can run ___ kilometres per hour

1. 18
2. 80
3. 118

02:07

Santa's bag of presents would weigh around

1. 6,000 tons
2. 60,000 tons
3. 600,000 tons

02:45

The reindeer would fly at ____ times the speed of sound

1. 3
2. 300
3. 3,000

03:27

When Santa sat in the sleigh, he would experience a force that is ___ of times stronger than gravity

1. tens of thousands
2. hundreds of thousands
3. millions

03:56

Santa would receive a total of ____ cookies from all the houses that he visited

1. 72 million
2. 720 million
3. 7 billion

04:09

Santa would consume ____ calories if he ate all the cookies and drank all the milk that people left for him

1. 39 million
2. 396 million
3. 396 billion

The main christmas meal is eaten during the evening of Christmas Eve. It is often a barbecue served in the garden

1. Ireland
2. Spain
3. Argentina
4. Brazil

Sometimes children leave a sock near a window. If Papai Noel (Santa Claus) finds the sock, he will exchange it for a present.

1. Egypt
2. Iceland
3. Argentina
4. Brazil

Christmas Day is celebrated on January 7th

1. Egypt
2. Pakistan
3. Ireland
4. Spain

On January 6th, women traditionally have a free day and men do the housework and cooking

1. Spain
2. Pakistan
3. Ireland
4. Brazil

December 25th is a public holiday, but it is only in memory of the founder of the country

1. Brazil
2. Egypt
3. Iceland
4. Pakistan

The main Christmas meal consists of 12 dishes. Carp is the main dish

1. Ireland
2. Iceland
3. Poland
4. Spain

Sometimes a sea bird is eaten on Christmas Day

1. Poland
2. Spain
3. Argentina
4. Iceland

On December 28th, people play tricks on each other (Like april 1st)

1. Spain
2. Egypt
3. Ireland
4. Brazil

Santa Claus is also sometimes calles Kris Kringle or Father Christmas

1. True
2. False

Santa's sleigh flies by itself

1. True
2. False

Santa has a pet reindeer called Rudolph

1. True
2. False

Santa enters people's homes through the door or windows

1. True
2. False

People leave a plate of sandwiches for Santa to enjou when he visits

1. True
2. False