1. d –The Netherlands
2. a – Rome
3. b – Jingle Bells
4. a – A spider
5. c – To keep children quiet in church
6. d – Nobody knows but it’s generally believed to be between May and September in 4BC.
7. a – Through a Coca Cola advertising campaign in the 1930s
8. b – 364
9. d – Nog derives from grog
10. c – Translates as ‘Merry Christmas’
11. b – A lump of coal
12. a – Figgy pudding
Xmas derives from Roman (pagan) worship of the sun. The Winter Solstice was carefully observed in case the sun did not return for Summer. The 25th. of December was the supposed birthday of Tammuz, whose worship originated in Sumer!