1.Three of these are real festive occasions – the other is entirely fictitious. Which one? Merlinpeen Winterlude Gravy Day Newtonmas Reveal 2.Before the Grinch stole Christmas, what did he do? Can canaries Pluck porcupines Farm gravel Sell wire Reveal 3.Who coined the word “Crimble”? Comedian Tommy Trinder Journalist Clive James Beatle John Lennon Ad agency Lowe Howard-Spink Reveal 4.Which word has never been a name for Christmas? X’temmas Xmastyde Chrissie Nowell Reveal 5.In Regency England, what would one find in a Yorkshire Christmas pie? Illustration: Stavros Damos. Marzipan, custard and glacé cherries Thirty-six larks and a pound of beef A jellied sheep’s head One turkey, one goose, two ducks, six woodcocks, a hare, three grouse and six game hens Reveal 6.What’s eggnog in French? Lait de poule (chicken milk) Oeuf ivre (drunken egg) Hoquet de Noël (Christmas hiccup) Tempête de neige (snowstorm) Reveal 7.Which yule is not found in the Dictionaries of the Scots Language? Yule-hole (belt-loosening after Christmas lunch) Yule-skrep (chastising a child on Christmas Day) Yule-yagger (having no nice clothes to wear at Christmas) Yule-tashed (weariness following Christmas celebrations) Reveal 8.Which of these is not a traditional Christmas character? Hans Trapp, the child-eating scarecrow Père Fouettard, the whipping father Lidérc, the miracle chicken Jólakötturinn, the hungry cat Reveal 9. Which satirical religious group celebrates “Holiday” in December? Dinkoists Dudeists Kopimists Pastafarians Reveal 10.Baubles may hang from Christmas trees, but what’s a “baubling”? A moment of confusion An empty compliment A pointless activity A cry of pain Reveal 11.Speaking of baubles, where does the word come from? Illustration: Stavros Damos. Dutch "baubel" (a worthless trinket) Old German "beuble" (a small word carving) Middle English “bawble” (a jewel) Old French "babel" (a child’s toy) Reveal 12.Who might perform a “Christmas hold”? A pickpocket A wrestler A priest A magician