Christmas Firsts Trivia Trivia Quiz - Trivia Quiz

1 In which year was the first commercially printed Christmas card produced?

A. 1823

B. 1843

C. 1865

2 Which inventor is credited with creating the first electric Christmas tree lights in 1882?

A. Edward H. Johnson

B. Nikola Tesla

C. Thomas Edison

3 Which U.S. president had the first Christmas tree in the White House?

A. Theodore Roosevelt

B. Benjamin Harrison

C. Grover Cleveland

4 In what year was the first National Christmas Tree lit in Washington, D.C.?

A. 1923

B. 1931

C. 1917

5 Which monarch delivered the first televised Royal Christmas Message to the Commonwealth?

A. Queen Elizabeth II

B. King George VI

C. King George V

6 The first U.S. Christmas postage stamp was issued in which year?

A. 1958

B. 1962

C. 1970

7 Which city receives an annual Christmas tree gift from Norway, a tradition that began in 1947?

A. Edinburgh

B. London

C. New York City

8 Which carol was played during the first radio broadcast of voice and music on Christmas Eve 1906 by Reginald Fessenden?

A. O Holy Night

B. Silent Night

C. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

9 Which mission's crew performed the first Christmas song from space in 1965?

A. Gemini 6

B. Skylab 4

C. Apollo 8

10 Which U.S. state was the first to declare Christmas a legal holiday (1836)?

A. Alabama

B. Virginia

C. Massachusetts

11 The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree tradition began when workers put up the first tree in what year?

A. 1929

B. 1933

C. 1931

12 In what year did Dresden’s Striezelmarkt, one of the earliest Christmas markets, first take place?

A. 1517

B. 1434

C. 1618

13 The first widely publicized image of a British royal family gathered around a Christmas tree appeared in which publication in 1848?

A. The Times

B. The Illustrated London News

C. Punch

14 Who is credited as the first department-store Santa Claus, debuting in 1890 in Massachusetts?

A. Haddon Sundblom

B. James Edgar

C. Clement Clarke Moore

15 The NORAD Tracks Santa tradition began after a misprinted phone number in 1955. Which organization took the first calls?

A. CONAD (Continental Air Defense Command)

B. NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command)

C. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)