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1. On Band Aid's song "Do They Know It's Christmas" the opening words "It's Christmas time..." were sung by David Bowie. True False

2. Reindeer lose their antlers every year. True False

3. The modern English words to the advent carol "O Come Emmanuel" were written by a man with the surname Death. True False

4. An old Russian equivalent of Father Christmas is called Ded Moroz. True False

5. Oliver Cromwell deployed his army to conduct house to house searches for illicit Christmas dinners. True False

6. The man who wrote "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is the same man who wrote "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree". True False

7. In 2000 the USA ate more turkey per head than any other country in the world. True False

8. If the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is taken literally, there are enough presents given for every day of the year (except for leap years). True False

9. Ukka is the Finnish name for its traditional Christmas sauna. True False

10. The "Odessa File", featuring the song "Christmas Dream", was scored by Andrew Lloyd-Webber. True False

11. There is a man whose job includes checking the roof of the Met Office in London on every hour of Christmas Day for signs of snowflakes. True False

12. Holly usually has its male and female branches on the same tree. True False

13. Margaret Thatcher was once enraged to hear the tune of the socialist anthem "The Red Flag" playing from her family Christmas tree. True False

14. Silver fulminate, the explosive found in Christmas crackers, is highly dangerous in larger quantities. True False

15. Shakespeare never mentions the word "Christmas" in his plays. True False

16. George Washington captured Trenton in the War of Independence by attacking on Christmas Day when many of the enemy had been boozing heavily. True False

17. The Tate Gallery, London once suspended a 22ft Christmas Tree upside down as a work of art. True False

18. In the Roman Catholic Church, New Year's Day is the Feast of the Circumcision. True False

19. Poet Dylan Thomas was once hospitalised when a Christmas pudding exploded. True False

20. In 1997, Manchester Airport's security machines were found to be unable to tell Christmas puddings from Semtex. True False