Merry Quiz-mas!

Are yule a Christmas nerd? Gather around the tree and test your festive knowledge

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M atch the store with the Christmas advert picture

Where in the world are these quirky Crimbo traditions from?

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Instead of covering your tree with baubles and tinsel, this country opts for fake spider’s web. It’s believed to bring good luck.

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A lot of people head to church on Christmas Day, but these brave souls roller-skate there! They even close the roads off especially for the journey.

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Families set extra places at the Christmas dinner table for deceased relatives and this is thought to bring the family good luck.

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With not a turkey in sight, this country tucks into deep-fried caterpillars on Christmas Day. A delicacy, apparently.

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Unmarried women stand by a door and throw a shoe over their shoulder. If the toe points towards the door, they will be married in the next year. How romantic!

Do you remember these festive soap deaths?

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Which stunning Eastender was run over by a car driven by Frank Butcher on New Year’s Eve 1998?

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How did four characters and a dog die in a Christmas horror story in Emmerdale in 1993?

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Which Hollyoaks heartthrob, aged just 33, died from a head injury he’d suffered in a recent explosion during Christmas 2015?

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Who mysteriously bumped off Archie in Eastenders on Christmas Day in 2009?

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Name the Corrie favourites who were killed in the dramatic tram crash just weeks before Crimbo 2010?

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Where did Pauline Fowler – played by Wendy Richard – suffer a brain haemorrhage and bow out on Christmas Day 2006?

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A freak storm over the festive period led to the death of which

Emmerdale barmaid when the wall of The Woolpack pub collapsed in 2003?

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How many geese were given in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas?