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1 What are the three main ingredients of advocaat, the liqueur used to make a Snowball cocktail?
A Egg yolks, sugar, and brandy
2 Often served in 16th century Christmas Fayre, the tongues of which British bird was regarded as a delicacy?
A Larks
3 Sugar and ground almonds are the primary ingredients for what on a Christmas cake?
A Marzipan
4 What is Myrrh?
A Gum resin (Accept spice) – Myrrh is a fragrant, yellow, resinous sap that comes from cuts in the bark of certain Commiphora trees. It has a sweet and smoky aroma.
5 What is traditional Christmas spiced wine called?
A Mulled wine – Glühwein is the German name for mulled wine, which translates to “glow wine”.
6 What sauce was traditionally served with roast turkey before being surpassed by the U.S. turkey accompaniment of cranberry jelly?
A Bread sauce
7 Did the traditional mince pie ever actually contain meat, minced up?
A Yes, 300 years ago. (Early mince pies were large and rectangular, and contained a mixture of finely minced meat, chopped fruit, and a preserving liquid. The meat was often mutton, beef, or game. In the late Tudor era, mincemeat pie was about 30 to 50 per cent meat.) source
8 What traditionally is supposed to be hidden in a Christmas Pudding?
A A silver coin.
9 In which century did Turkey start to be part of the Christmas Fayre in the UK?
A 16th Century (By Victorian times, people were usually eating either turkey or goose at Christmas.) Source
10 The 1931 advertising campaign of Which company do we have to thank for today’s image of Santa Claus as a plump man with a white beard and red and white tunic?
A Coca-Cola source