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1. The Christmas tree in London's Trafalgar Square is gifted each year by what other country?
2. At home as a child my family always had a fairy on top of our Christmas tree, but in what decade did the Christmas angel become popular as a decoration, initially in the UK?
3. In what year was the British monarch's Christmas message first televised?
4. In the Christmas song "The 12 Days of Christmas", what did the true love give on the 9th day?
5. Which song, with a Scottish connection, was the Christmas Number One single in the UK in the year 1977?
6. Everyone loves Christmas tunes, but which one of these was NOT originally written as a Christmas Song?
7. Christmas Island sits in the Indian Ocean, but to which country does it actually belong?
8. If someone says "it's not Christmas until Noddy tells you", to what are they referring?
9. Which of these well-known people was NOT born on Christmas Day?
10. Why was Christmas Island so called?
11. Which artist had a record five number one Christmas hits in the 20th century in the UK charts?
12. Which country is the first to celebrate Christmas Day every year?
13. According to the traditional carol, "When they are both full grown, of all the trees that are in the wood..." which tree bears the crown?
14. What is the name of the poem, written by Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson in 1772, which includes the days from Christmas day until Hansel Monday (the first Monday of the New Year)?
15. What communist dictator was tried, found guilty and executed, all on Christmas Day?
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