200 Christmas Song Trivia Questions and Answers – Easy to Hard

December has so many wonderful things about it, and Christmas songs are definitely one of mine. There’s a radio station here in my country that, once December arrives, plays only Christmas music – mostly Christmas carols. I can turn it on while I’m doing something else and realize much later that I’ve been listening to carols and Christmas songs for hours.

I love carols. I already shared some of my favorite Christmas carols, and music has always been a big part of December for me. Caroling is part of many Romanian Christmas traditions too, so I don’t associate Christmas songs only with playlists or radio stations.

And since I love trivia games too – and I already have a big Christmas trivia challenge – songs had to get their own version eventually.

So here it is: 200 Christmas song trivia questions and answers, starting easy, becoming trickier in the middle, and ending with hard questions that are still based mostly on Christmas music people may actually know. There are traditional carols, old standards, pop and rock songs, movie music and a few questions for people who know far more about Christmas music than the rest of us.

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The answers are directly below the questions, so you don’t need to open or click anything. If you’re playing the whole quiz, give yourself one point for every correct answer and keep your total. A score guide appears after Question 200.

How to Use This Christmas Song Trivia Quiz

You definitely don’t need to answer all 200 questions in one evening. For a quick Christmas music quiz, pick 10 or 20 from different parts of the article. A family game can easily use 25 to 40, while a longer Christmas party or office trivia night can take questions from all three difficulty levels.

If different generations are playing together, I’d start with the easy Christmas song trivia questions and move up gradually. Someone who knows every traditional carol may get stuck on a newer pop song, while somebody younger may recognize Ariana Grande or Kelly Clarkson immediately and completely miss a song their grandparents know in seconds.

One point for each correct answer keeps scoring simple. If two people or teams finish level, save one of the harder questions you didn’t use as the tiebreaker.

Easy Christmas Song Trivia Questions and Answers

The first 80 easy Christmas song trivia questions and answers are meant to give you plenty of wins. These are familiar carols, huge Christmas hits, well-known singers and song details you may remember simply from hearing the music every December.

Christmas Songs Almost Everyone Has Heard

1. Which singer recorded “All I Want for Christmas Is You”?

Answer: Mariah Carey.

2. Which duo gave us “Last Christmas” in 1984?

Answer: Wham!

3. Brenda Lee was only 13 when she recorded which Christmas classic?

Answer: “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.”

4. Which singer’s recording made “White Christmas” one of the most famous Christmas songs ever?

Answer: Bing Crosby.

5. Which rock-and-roll star is most closely associated with “Blue Christmas”?

Answer: Elvis Presley.

6. Who wrote and recorded “Feliz Navidad”?

Answer: José Feliciano.

7. Who recorded the original hit version of “Santa Baby”?

Answer: Eartha Kitt.

8. Who recorded “Jingle Bell Rock” in 1957?

Answer: Bobby Helms.

9. Which singer made “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” one of his signature Christmas songs?

Answer: Andy Williams.

10. Which performer is closely associated with “A Holly Jolly Christmas”?

Answer: Burl Ives.

11. What food is roasting on an open fire in “The Christmas Song”?

Answer: Chestnuts.

12. What brings Frosty the Snowman to life?

Answer: An old silk hat.

13. What gift arrives on the fifth day in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”?

Answer: Five gold rings.

14. What name do the singers give the snowman in “Winter Wonderland”?

Answer: Parson Brown.

15. What kind of vehicle carries the riders through the snow in “Jingle Bells”?

Answer: A one-horse open sleigh.

16. Which Christmas standard is set among busy city sidewalks and holiday shoppers?

Answer: “Silver Bells.”

17. What does the poor boy offer the newborn King in “The Little Drummer Boy”?

Answer: He plays his drum.

18. What dessert do the singers ask for in “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”?

Answer: Figgy pudding.

19. What greenery are we told to use for decorating in “Deck the Halls”?

Answer: Boughs of holly.

20. In what language was “Silent Night” originally written?

Answer: German.

Easy Christmas Carol Trivia

21. Which Christmas carol is also known by the Latin title “Adeste Fideles”?

Answer: “O Come, All Ye Faithful.”

22. Which carol centers on angels announcing the birth of a King?

Answer: “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.”

23. Which traditional carol has a refrain ending with the King of Israel?

Answer: “The First Noel.”

24. Which three gifts are brought by the travelers in “We Three Kings”?

Answer: Gold, frankincense and myrrh.

25. Which familiar melody is used for “What Child Is This?”?

Answer: “Greensleeves.”

26. Which carol includes an invitation to fall on your knees?

Answer: “O Holy Night.”

27. Which familiar carol begins with a baby who has no crib for a bed?

Answer: “Away in a Manger.”

28. On which feast day does Good King Wenceslas look out?

Answer: The Feast of Stephen.

29. Which Latin phrase forms the soaring refrain of “Angels We Have Heard on High”?

Answer: “Gloria in excelsis Deo.”

30. Which former Beatle released “Wonderful Christmastime”?

Answer: Paul McCartney.

Pop, Rock and Christmas Radio Favorites

31. Who recorded one of today’s most familiar versions of “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” on a 2011 holiday album?

Answer: Michael Bublé.

32. Which original Christmas song did Kelly Clarkson release in 2013 that became one of her biggest holiday hits?

Answer: “Underneath the Tree.”

33. Which Ariana Grande Christmas song released in 2014 became a regular December hit?

Answer: “Santa Tell Me.”

34. Who recorded “Driving Home for Christmas”?

Answer: Chris Rea.

35. Which crooner is strongly associated with the classic recording of “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” heard every December?

Answer: Dean Martin.

36. Which pop star released “Mistletoe” in 2011?

Answer: Justin Bieber.

37. Which singer released “Christmas Tree Farm” in 2019?

Answer: Taylor Swift.

38. Who sings “Where Are You Christmas?” from the 2000 live-action Grinch movie?

Answer: Faith Hill.

39. Which singer performs “Believe” from The Polar Express?

Answer: Josh Groban.

40. Who originally recorded the soul Christmas favorite “This Christmas”?

Answer: Donny Hathaway.

41. Which boy band released “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays”?

Answer: NSYNC.

42. Who recorded the famous original version of “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”?

Answer: Darlene Love.

43. Which singer released “Step Into Christmas”?

Answer: Elton John.

44. Which British band recorded “Merry Xmas Everybody”?

Answer: Slade.

45. Which band recorded “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday”?

Answer: Wizzard.

46. Which American band recorded “Little Saint Nick”?

Answer: The Beach Boys.

47. Which duo made “Merry Christmas Darling” a Christmas favorite?

Answer: The Carpenters.

48. Which singer first performed “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” in Meet Me in St. Louis?

Answer: Judy Garland.

49. Which singer recorded the famous 1943 version of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”?

Answer: Bing Crosby.

50. Which Christmas song has a Hawaiian title meaning “Merry Christmas”?

Answer: “Mele Kalikimaka.”

If the 1980s songs in this quiz are the ones you recognize fastest, my 80s music trivia goes much further into the decade without limiting the questions to Christmas.

51. Which singer made “(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays” a standard?

Answer: Perry Como.

52. Which girl group recorded one of the best-known vocal versions of “Sleigh Ride”?

Answer: The Ronettes.

53. Which Christmas-season duet is built around one person trying to leave while the other wants them to stay?

Answer: “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.”

54. Which a cappella group recorded a hugely popular version of “Mary, Did You Know?”?

Answer: Pentatonix.

55. Which duo made “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” famous?

Answer: Elmo & Patsy.

56. Which fictional trio asks Christmas not to be late in a famous novelty song?

Answer: Alvin and the Chipmunks.

57. Who recorded “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” as a child?

Answer: Gayla Peevey.

58. Which Elvis Presley Christmas song announces that Santa has returned to town?

Answer: “Santa Claus Is Back in Town.”

59. Which band recorded a popular 1978 version of “Please Come Home for Christmas”?

Answer: The Eagles.

60. Which animated Christmas special features “Christmas Time Is Here”?

Answer: A Charlie Brown Christmas.

61. Which British band released “Christmas Lights” in 2010?

Answer: Coldplay.

62. Who released “Cozy Little Christmas”?

Answer: Katy Perry.

63. Which trio released “Like It’s Christmas”?

Answer: The Jonas Brothers.

64. Which singer had a Christmas hit with “One More Sleep”?

Answer: Leona Lewis.

65. Who recorded “My Only Wish (This Year)”?

Answer: Britney Spears.

66. Which fictional singer performs “Christmas Is All Around” in Love Actually?

Answer: Billy Mack.

67. Which singer made “Merry Christmas Everyone” a major UK Christmas hit?

Answer: Shakin’ Stevens.

68. Which two singers released the 2021 song “Merry Christmas” together?

Answer: Ed Sheeran and Elton John.

69. Which singer recorded “You Make It Feel Like Christmas” with Blake Shelton?

Answer: Gwen Stefani.

70. Who sings the modern Christmas song “Snowman”?

Answer: Sia.

71. Which singer helped make “Grown-Up Christmas List” a modern holiday standard?

Answer: Amy Grant.

72. Which singer included “Cold December Night” on his Christmas album?

Answer: Michael Bublé.

73. Which group recorded “8 Days of Christmas”?

Answer: Destiny’s Child.

74. Which singer released “One Wish (for Christmas)”?

Answer: Whitney Houston.

75. Which singer recorded “Don’t Save It All for Christmas Day”?

Answer: Celine Dion.

76. Which vocal group released the original Christmas song “That’s Christmas to Me”?

Answer: Pentatonix.

77. Which band recorded “Thank God It’s Christmas”?

Answer: Queen.

78. Which Motown star recorded “Someday at Christmas”?

Answer: Stevie Wonder.

79. Which Christmas song passes a message from the night wind to a lamb and then from one character to another?

Answer: “Do You Hear What I Hear?”

80. Which hip-hop group recorded “Christmas in Hollis”?

Answer: Run-D.M.C.

Medium Christmas Song Trivia Questions and Answers

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The next 80 questions require a little more recall, but they shouldn’t feel impossible. The songs are still reasonably familiar; the clue might ask about a popular movie scene, a famous duet, a well-known line or a holiday hit from a major artist.

If you enjoy broader music trivia questions, this is where the Christmas version starts asking for a little more than the singer’s name.

Familiar Songs, Slightly Harder Questions

81. What Ukrainian piece supplied the fast-paced melody we know today as “Carol of the Bells”?

Answer: “Shchedryk.”

82. Which traditional German song is translated into English as “O Christmas Tree”?

Answer: “O Tannenbaum.”

83. In the lyrics of “Winter Wonderland,” what do we build in the meadow while pretending he is Parson Brown?

Answer: A snowman.

84. Which famous pop supergroup sang “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” in 1984?

Answer: Band Aid.

85. Which Christmas hit features the line “Giddy-yap, giddy-yap, giddy-yap, let’s go”?

Answer: “Sleigh Ride.”

86. Which traditional English carol pairs two evergreens in its title and lyrics?

Answer: “The Holly and the Ivy.”

87. What city’s sidewalks are filled with holiday shoppers in the song “Silver Bells”?

Answer: Big city sidewalks (or city sidewalks).

88. What does the title of the famous Latin hymn “Gaudete” mean in English?

Answer: “Rejoice.”

89. Which famous crooner recorded “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” in 1946?

Answer: Nat King Cole.

90. In “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” what birds are given on the second day?

Answer: Two turtle doves.

91. Which country is traditional carol “Silent Night” originally from?

Answer: Austria.

92. Which popular Christmas song asks Santa to “hurry down the chimney tonight”?

Answer: “Santa Baby.”

93. In “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” what game did the other reindeer not let Rudolph join?

Answer: Any reindeer games.

94. Which singer made “Mary’s Boy Child” a massive international hit in 1956?

Answer: Harry Belafonte.

95. Which pop star released the modern Christmas hit “Santa Tell Me” in 2014?

Answer: Ariana Grande.

96. Which British singer had a huge Christmas hit with “Mistletoe and Wine”?

Answer: Cliff Richard.

97. In “Frosty the Snowman,” what was Frosty’s nose made of?

Answer: A button.

98. Which singer released the hit holiday song “Christmas Tree Farm” inspired by her childhood home?

Answer: Taylor Swift.

99. Which popular 1950s Christmas song is about a person seeing Santa kissing someone under the mistletoe?

Answer: “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.”

100. Which jazz legend recorded the famous version of “Cool Yule”?

Answer: Louis Armstrong.

101. Which country legend recorded the classic holiday song “Pretty Paper”?

Answer: Roy Orbison (written by Willie Nelson).

102. Which soul legend recorded “Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto”?

Answer: James Brown.

103. Which George Michael holiday track came out in 2009 as a follow-up to his Wham! legacy?

Answer: “December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas).”

104. Which rock band recorded the edgy holiday favorite “Father Christmas”?

Answer: The Kinks.

105. Which American rock icon released “Christmas All Over Again” in 1992?

Answer: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

106. Which rock group released the emotional holiday single “2000 Miles”?

Answer: The Pretenders.

107. Which country superstar recorded the fun song “Christmas Cookies”?

Answer: George Strait.

108. Which modern British rock band released “Christmas Time (Don’t Let the Bells End)”?

Answer: The Darkness.

109. Which singer recorded the sci-fi-themed Christmas hit “A Spaceman Came Travelling”?

Answer: Chris de Burgh.

Christmas Songs From Movies and Television

110. Which legendary R&B singer performs the title track for *National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation*?

Answer: Mavis Staples.

111. Which John Williams song from *Home Alone* serves as the main emotional theme of the movie?

Answer: “Somewhere in My Memory.”

112. Which jazz pianist composed the famous instrumental track “Linus and Lucy”?

Answer: Vince Guaraldi.

113. Which animated holiday special features the ice-skating song simply called “Skating”?

Answer: *A Charlie Brown Christmas*.

114. Which song does Jack Skellington sing when he first steps into Christmas Town in *The Nightmare Before Christmas*?

Answer: “What’s This?”

115. Which train-themed animated movie features the song “When Christmas Comes to Town”?

Answer: *The Polar Express*.

116. Which Jim Henson film features the song “One More Sleep ’til Christmas”?

Answer: *The Muppet Christmas Carol*.

117. Which song do the Whos sing together in the circle at the end of *How the Grinch Stole Christmas!*?

Answer: “Welcome Christmas.”

Movie songs appear throughout this quiz, but the films themselves have their own Christmas movie trivia challenge.

Christmas Music Around the World

118. Which singer made “Petit Papa Noël” the most famous Christmas song in France?

Answer: Tino Rossi.

119. Which country is the traditional carol “Tu scendi dalle stelle” from?

Answer: Italy.

120. In what language is the traditional carol “Il est né, le divin Enfant” sung?

Answer: French.

121. What river-drinking creatures are featured in the traditional Spanish carol “Los peces en el río”?

Answer: Fish.

122. Which South American country gave us the beloved song “El Burrito Sabanero”?

Answer: Venezuela.

123. What language is the traditional holiday song “Fum, Fum, Fum” originally written in?

Answer: Catalan.

124. Which European nation gave us the Renaissance Christmas piece “Riu, Riu, Chiu”?

Answer: Spain.

125. Which country with the world’s longest Christmas season gave us “Pasko Na Naman”?

Answer: The Philippines.

More Christmas Music Trivia

126. Which famous crooner sang “A Marshmallow World” alongside Frank Sinatra on TV?

Answer: Dean Martin.

127. Which “All About That Bass” singer released the holiday track “My Kind of Present”?

Answer: Meghan Trainor.

128. Which R&B star released “December Back 2 June” on her 2022 holiday album?

Answer: Alicia Keys.

129. Which rat-pack legend recorded a famous swinging version of “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town”?

Answer: Frank Sinatra.

130. Kelly Clarkson recorded the holiday duet “Santa, Can’t You Hear Me” with which famous pop star?

Answer: Ariana Grande.

131. Which famous roots-rock group recorded “Christmas Must Be Tonight”?

Answer: The Band.

132. Which legendary punk band recorded “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)”?

Answer: Ramones.

133. Which duo wrote the standard “The Christmas Waltz” for Frank Sinatra?

Answer: Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne.

134. Which Miami-based Latin pop star recorded “Christmas Through Your Eyes”?

Answer: Gloria Estefan.

135. Which British girl group released “One I’ve Been Missing” in 2019?

Answer: Little Mix.

136. Which pop star included “Snow in California” on her *Christmas & Chill* EP?

Answer: Ariana Grande.

137. Which country-turned-pop star recorded “Christmases When You Were Mine” early in her career?

Answer: Taylor Swift.

138. Which famous British girl group recorded “Not Tonight Santa”?

Answer: Girls Aloud.

139. Which viral crossover violinist released “Christmas C’mon” with Becky G?

Answer: Lindsey Stirling.

140. Which pop singer had a hit with “Christmas Without You” in 2020?

Answer: Ava Max.

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141. Which orchestral rock group is famous for “Christmas Canon” and dynamic holiday laser shows?

Answer: Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

142. Which powerhouse singer recorded “All Alone on Christmas” for *Home Alone 2*?

Answer: Darlene Love.

143. What high-energy scene in *The Polar Express* features a song named after a warm sweet drink?

Answer: “Hot Chocolate.”

144. What character sings “Sally’s Song” in *The Nightmare Before Christmas*?

Answer: Sally.

145. Which country is celebrated in the traditional song “Christmas in Killarney”?

Answer: Ireland.

146. Which progressive rock musician released “I Believe in Father Christmas”?

Answer: Greg Lake.

147. Which British singer had a major 1950s hit spelling out the holiday with “Christmas Alphabet”?

Answer: Dickie Valentine.

148. Which new-wave band recorded the catchy 1981 track “Christmas Wrapping”?

Answer: The Waitresses.

149. Which country star released “Christmas in the Country” in 2019?

Answer: Thomas Rhett.

150. Which child singer had the original 1952 hit with “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”?

Answer: Jimmy Boyd.

151. What missing physical feature inspired the novelty song “All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth”?

Answer: Two front teeth.

152. Which Texas singer-songwriter recorded “Merry Christmas from the Family”?

Answer: Robert Earl Keen.

153. In which 1942 Bing Crosby movie was the song “Happy Holiday” introduced?

Answer: *Holiday Inn*.

154. Which pop-rock band recorded the holiday single “Shake Up Christmas”?

Answer: Train.

155. Which surf-rock band recorded “The Man with All the Toys”?

Answer: The Beach Boys.

156. Which vocal superstar recorded “Christmas Eve” for her *These Are Special Times* album?

Answer: Celine Dion.

157. Which pop diva included “Christmas Time” on her *My Kind of Christmas* album?

Answer: Christina Aguilera.

158. Which pop-punk trio recorded “I Won’t Be Home for Christmas”?

Answer: Blink-182.

159. Which musical duo released “Christmas Saves the Year” in 2020?

Answer: Twenty One Pilots.

160. Which pop star recorded the track “Christmas Tree” featuring Space Cowboy early in her career?

Answer: Lady Gaga.

Hard Christmas Song Trivia Questions and Answers

The final 40 questions get progressively harder. The first part still uses recognizable Christmas songs and performers. Only the last stretch moves into older carol history and names that people who really know Christmas music are more likely to recognize.

If the 1990s songs are your strongest area, the separate 90s music trivia has plenty more songs and artists from that decade.

Hard – But Still Familiar

161. Which singer recorded the hugely successful 1949 version of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”?

Answer: Gene Autry.

162. Which singer provides the female vocal on The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York”?

Answer: Kirsty MacColl.

163. Which country star recorded “Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy”?

Answer: Buck Owens.

164. Who wrote “Pretty Paper,” which became a hit for Roy Orbison?

Answer: Willie Nelson.

165. Which singer is closely associated with the Christmas song “Tennessee Christmas”?

Answer: Amy Grant.

166. Which country band recorded “Christmas in Dixie”?

Answer: Alabama.

167. Which singer was the featured vocalist on the classic early recording of “Merry Christmas Baby” by Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers?

Answer: Charles Brown.

168. Who recorded the novelty Christmas song “Dominick the Donkey”?

Answer: Lou Monte.

169. “We Need a Little Christmas” was introduced in which Broadway musical?

Answer: *Mame*.

170. Which legendary singer-songwriter recorded a lively version of “Must Be Santa” for a 2009 Christmas album?

Answer: Bob Dylan.

171. Which child singer had the best-known 1950s hit version of “Nuttin’ for Christmas”?

Answer: Barry Gordon.

172. Which famous close-harmony trio recorded a well-known version of “Christmas Island”?

Answer: The Andrews Sisters.

173. Which singer made “Suzy Snowflake” famous in the early 1950s?

Answer: Rosemary Clooney.

174. “Toyland” originally came from which stage work?

Answer: *Babes in Toyland*.

175. Which famous precision dance company has performed “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” as a Christmas tradition for generations?

Answer: The Rockettes.

Carols, Composers and Christmas Music History

176. Which unusual keyboard instrument gives “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” its distinctive sparkling sound?

Answer: The celesta.

177. “Waltz of the Flowers” comes from which ballet?

Answer: *The Nutcracker*.

178. Who wrote the words to “O Little Town of Bethlehem”?

Answer: Phillips Brooks.

179. Who wrote the words to “Joy to the World”?

Answer: Isaac Watts.

180. Which traditional carol promises “tidings of comfort and joy”?

Answer: “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen.”

181. Which traditional carol imagines three ships sailing into Bethlehem?

Answer: “I Saw Three Ships.”

182. What does “wassailing” refer to in “Here We Come A-wassailing”?

Answer: Going from house to house offering songs and good wishes, traditionally with drink and hospitality involved.

183. Which English composer and folk-song collector helped preserve a version of the “Sussex Carol”?

Answer: Ralph Vaughan Williams.

184. Which country is the “Wexford Carol” associated with?

Answer: Ireland.

185. What is the original German title of “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming”?

Answer: “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen.”

186. “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly” comes from the carol tradition of which country?

Answer: Poland.

187. “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” draws on which ancient Advent tradition?

Answer: The O Antiphons.

188. Who wrote the words to “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks”?

Answer: Nahum Tate.

189. Which English hymn writer produced the familiar translation “Good Christian Men, Rejoice”?

Answer: John Mason Neale.

190. Which medieval tune is associated with “The Friendly Beasts”?

Answer: “Orientis Partibus.”

For People Who Really Know Christmas Music

191. At which Oxford college is “The Boar’s Head Carol” connected with a long-running Christmas ceremony?

Answer: The Queen’s College, Oxford.

192. In which historic song collection does “Personent Hodie” appear?

Answer: *Piae Cantiones*.

193. Which English composer wrote one of the best-known choral settings of “Jesus Christ the Apple Tree”?

Answer: Elizabeth Poston.

194. Which American musician collected and developed the song “I Wonder as I Wander”?

Answer: John Jacob Niles.

195. Who wrote the English words to “Masters in This Hall”?

Answer: William Morris.

196. Who is the narrator of the traditional carol “Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day”?

Answer: Jesus Christ.

197. Which Jesuit missionary wrote the words that became known as “The Huron Carol”?

Answer: Jean de Brébeuf.

198. Which ancient Christian poet wrote the Latin text behind “Of the Father’s Love Begotten”?

Answer: Prudentius.

199. Who wrote the words to “See Amid the Winter’s Snow”?

Answer: Edward Caswall.

200. Which French composer wrote “The Shepherd’s Farewell”?

Answer: Hector Berlioz.

How Did You Do?

If you kept score through all 200 Christmas song trivia questions, see where you landed. The ranges are generous because Christmas playlists can look very different depending on your age and where you live.

0-40 correct: You know the biggest Christmas songs and probably picked up quite a few new ones along the way.

41-80 correct: Christmas music definitely isn’t just background noise for you.

81-120 correct: You know a good mix of carols, classics and newer Christmas songs.

121-150 correct: You have strong Christmas music knowledge across several generations.

151-175 correct: You know far more than the songs that turn up most often on December radio.

176-190 correct: Very little in this Christmas music quiz managed to catch you out.

191-199 correct: I’d genuinely like to know which question stopped you from getting a perfect score.

200 correct: If you answered everything without looking anything up, you should probably be running the music round at the next Christmas trivia night.

What Makes These Christmas Song Trivia Questions Different?

I didn’t want a long Christmas music quiz to keep returning to the same few songs and simply ask about the singer first, the songwriter later and the recording date after that.

Each of the 200 questions uses a different song or piece of Christmas music. Once a song has been used, it doesn’t return later as another question from a different angle.

The difficulty rises gradually too. Easy is meant to feel easy. Medium asks for a little more recall. The first hard questions are still based on recognizable music before the final questions move into composers, traditional carols and Christmas music history.

I also avoided questions built around temporary statistics that may be outdated by next Christmas.

Last fact-check: September 2026.

Christmas Song Trivia Questions: Frequently Asked Questions

What are some good Christmas song trivia questions?

Good Christmas song trivia questions use music people are likely to recognize but ask for something they still have to remember: a singer, a character, an object from the song, a movie connection, an original title or a little bit of music history.

For an easy round, songs such as “White Christmas,” “Last Christmas,” “Feliz Navidad,” “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and “All I Want for Christmas Is You” give most people a reasonable chance.

What’s the difference between a Christmas song and a Christmas carol?

“Christmas song” is the broader term. It includes traditional religious carols, secular standards, novelty songs, pop records and other music associated with Christmas.

A Christmas carol usually has a stronger connection with traditional Christmas celebration and is often religious, although the boundary isn’t perfect. “Silent Night” is a carol. “Last Christmas” is a Christmas song, but few people would call it a carol.

What Christmas songs work best for a trivia game?

Choose music that several generations are likely to recognize. Traditional carols, older standards and modern Christmas hits give you a better mixed-age game than dozens of questions from one decade.

How many questions do you need for a Christmas music quiz?

Ten questions are enough for a quick round. Twenty to 30 work well for a family game, while 40 to 60 can support a longer trivia night. A 200-question collection lets you create several different games without repeating the same material.

How do you make Christmas song trivia harder without using obscure songs?

You can keep the songs familiar and ask a harder type of question: who wrote it, which movie introduced it, where it came from or what an older version was called. Only the final part of a very large trivia collection needs to move into genuinely specialist Christmas music history.

Can children and adults play the same Christmas song trivia game?

Yes. Mixing generations and styles helps. Children and younger adults may recognize newer pop and movie songs first, while older players may know more traditional carols and older standards.

Are Christmas carols included in Christmas music trivia?

Yes. Christmas music is the larger category, so a broad Christmas music trivia quiz can include traditional carols alongside secular Christmas songs and modern recordings.

For me, leaving the carols out would remove a huge part of December. They’re among the songs I’ve known the longest, and they’re one reason Christmas music feels different from a normal playlist.

Conclusion

Putting together 200 Christmas song trivia questions makes you realize just how much music gets packed into one season. A carol written centuries ago can play immediately before Wham!, Mariah Carey or Kelly Clarkson, and somehow it all belongs on the same December playlist.

I still love the traditional carols most, but I like how the Christmas playlist keeps growing. New songs arrive, older recordings come back every year, and then there are those songs you’ve heard so many times that the first few notes are enough to know exactly what’s coming.

If you want to keep playing after this, the wider Christmas quiz covers traditions, food, history and plenty more beyond music. And when Christmas starts turning into New Year’s Eve, there are New Year trivia questions waiting for the next celebration.

For now, I hope you had fun with these. And if somebody in your family or group is absolutely convinced they know every Christmas song, you now have 200 ways to find out.