The tradition of erecting a tree at Christmas is believed to have started in:

C) Germany

Christmas trees are known to have been popular in Germany as far back as the sixteenth century. In England, they became popular after Queen Victoria's husband Albert, who came from Germany, made a tree part of the celebrations at Windsor Castle. In the United States, the earliest known mention of a Christmas tree is in the diary of a German who settled in Pennsylvania.

America's official national Christmas tree is:

C) Located in King's Canyon National Park in California

The tree, a giant sequoia called the "General Grant Tree", is over 90 metres (300 feet) high. It was made the official Christmas tree in 1925.

If any of you Kentucky people get this one wrong,  I'll scream!

Believe it or not, one Indiana town is called:

D) Santa Claus

There is also a Santa Claus, Idaho.

This one is a little harder!

If you were given some frumenty at a Medieval Christmas party, you would probably:

A) Eat it

Frumenty was a spiced porridge, enjoyed by both rich and poor. It is thought to be the forerunner of modern Christmas puddings. It has its origins in a Celtic legend of the harvest god, Dagda, who stirred a porridge made up of all the good things of the earth.

In Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, the nutcracker's main enemy is:

B) The King of the Mice

The King of the Mice, usually represented with seven heads, leads his troops against the nutcracker's toy soldiers, but loses the battle when Clara, the heroine, stuns him with a hurled shoe.

The first instrument on which the carol "Silent Night" was played was:

C) A guitar

The carol was first sung as part of a church service in Oberndorf, Austria. The unusual choice of guitar for the accompaniment rather than the traditional church organ has given rise to a number of picturesque stories (the organ bellows had been damaged by mice; the organ had been sabotaged; etc.), but in fact it was simply a matter of preference on the part of the author, Joseph Mohr.