Self-Scoring Quiz: Advent and Christmas in Germany
If you have read our Christmas pages, including Christmas from A to Z, you’re ready for this quiz.
Welcome to this self-scoring, 10-item quiz on German Advent and Christmas customs. Good luck!
Results
#1. The Striezelmarkt Christmas market is found in ___.
#2. The first chocolate-filled Advent calendars were being marketed in Germany as early as ___.
#3. The feast day for St. Nicholas commemorates the date of his ___ in 346.
#4. Böller are ___ used in the Bavarian Christmas custom also known as Christkindlanschießen.
#5. In 1539, the first written record of Christmas trees being sold mentions the city of ___.
#6. The 'Barbara Branch' (Barbarazweig) custom on ___ is an effort to bring forth spring in the midst of winter.
#7. In Austrian and southern German Catholic tradition it is ___ who brings gifts on Christmas Eve.
#8. The historical St. Nicholas (Nikolaus von Myra) lived in what is now ___ in the 4th century.
#9. The four-week Advent season begins on the first Sunday after ___.
#10. In Austria and Germany, Sankt Nikolaus brings gifts to children on ___.
If you do well on this quiz, congratulations! If not, you’ll find all the Christmas information you need via the links below.
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- Christmas from A to Z – German Christmas traditions and terms
- Christmas – An introduction to German, Austrian and Swiss Christmas traditions
- Christmas Markets in Germany and Europe – An overview of the top Weihnachtsmärkte in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
- Photo Gallery: Christmas in Germany – Berlin – A visual tour of Christmas markets and other December sights in Berlin
- Advent and Christmas – The “arrival”
- Christmas in the USA and Germany– A comparison chart
- The Christmas Tree and its German history
- Barbarazweig – The legend and the Christmas custom
- Epiphany and the Sternsinger – About January 6 in the Germanic Christmas tradition
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- St. Nicholas – The many German St. Nicks
- Thomas Nast created the modern Santa image.
- The German Pickle Ornament – Is it really a German Christmas tradition?
- Glass Christmas Ornaments – a history of German glass ornaments
- Silent Night (Stille Nacht) – Our “Silent Night” page has the true story and related links.
- Holidays and Celebrations in Austria, Germany and Switzerland
- History & Culture – Austria, Germany and Switzerland
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