Christmas finds its way to Quiz Day on WRCO

RICHLAND CENTER, WIS. (WRCO)

1.What was the first Christmas song ever to win a Grammy Award?

A) Little Drummer Boy
B) Do You Hear What I Hear?
C) Mary, Did You Know?
D) The Chipmunk Song

Funny Fact: Yes—the first Grammy-winning Christmas hit was sung by three helium-voiced rodents. Humanity peaked early.

2. What Christmas song is actually the best-selling single of all time?

A) White Christmas

B) All I Want for Christmas Is You

C) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

D) Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer

Funny Fact: Bing Crosby didn’t just dream of a white Christmas — he sold over 50 million copies dreaming about it.

3. In “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” how many total gifts are given?

A) 78

B) 144

C) 364

D) 12

Funny Fact: That means someone received almost a full year’s worth of birds. Hope they had birdseed and patience.

4. Which Christmas hit was written in just 15 minutes?

A) Feliz Navidad

B) Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree

C) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

D) It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Funny Fact: José Feliciano wrote it so fast he probably spent more time untangling Christmas lights.

5. Which Christmas song was the first ever to be performed in the White House?

A) O Christmas Tree
B) Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
C) Jingle Bells
D) The First Noel

Funny Fact: It was played in 1857 — proving that even presidents can’t escape that song.

6. Which Christmas song was the first to be broadcast from space?

A) Silent Night

B) Jingle Bells

C) We Wish You a Merry Christmas

D) Chipmunk Song

Funny Fact: Astronauts pranked Mission Control by pretending they saw a UFO then played “Jingle Bells” on a harmonica.

7. What famous holiday song was almost not included in a movie because producers thought it was too sad?

A) Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

B) O Holy Night

C) Frosty the Snowman

D) Let It Snow

Funny Fact: The original lyrics were super depressing — like “Christmas is canceled” depressing.

8. In “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” what did Rudolph NOT get to do at first?

A) Sing in the choir

B) Join the reindeer games

C) Eat candy canes

D) Pull the sleigh

Funny Fact: Reindeer games are apparently very exclusive, like the Olympics but with antlers.

9. Which Christmas song holds the record for the most radio plays in December?

A) Jingle Bell Rock

B) All I Want for Christmas Is You

C) It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

D) Last Christmas

Funny Fact: Every December, Mariah Carey defrosts from her glittery cryo-chamber, ready to reclaim the charts.

10. Which Christmas carol is the oldest?

A) O Come All Ye Faithful

B) Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

C) O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

D) Joy to the World

Funny Fact: It dates back to the 8th century — older than fruitcake, and that’s saying something.

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