Quiz: Christmas questions

Quiz: Christmas questions

This month’s quiz is dedicated to the celebration of Christmas in Ōtautahi Christchurch!
The “Christmas Ham and Goose Club” was affiliated with which Manchester Street butcher in 1912?
Mary Christmas was baptised at St Bartholemew’s Church in Kaiapoi on September 17, 1884. Her baptism record can be found in the Church Register Card collection on Tūranga’s Tuakiri floor. What was her middle name?
Selling “fine old port wine” and “superior gold sherry”, C.W Bishop’s store advertised his goods as providing what for early colonists to enjoy at Christmas time in 1851?
Which department store was the first to be included in the name of the Christchurch Santa Parade, starting in 1947?
According to MetService, the historical average high temperature for the Christchurch Central region in December is what, as of November 2024?
Which small township on the outskirts of Christchurch is home to Christmas Road?
What year did the Coca Cola Christmas in the Park event begin in both Auckland and Christchurch?
In the Christmas Eve edition of the Press newspaper in 1874, it was noted that the “the ladies of all the parishes are busily employed decorating the churches” within the Anglican denomination. What were they hurriedly readying the local churches for?
Which of the first four migrant ships to Canterbury arrived closest to Christmas in December 1850, having spent “Christmas day most pleasantly at sea”?
How many meters high was the tallest Christmas tree to ever be displayed in the ChristChurch Cathedral?
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