The last time The Sapling did a Christmas quiz was in our founding year, 2017. Since then, Aotearoa’s canon of Christmas books has continued to grow. Test your knowledge with our festive-themed quiz!
Questions
1. Heather Haylock’s Granny McFlitter series has its own Christmas-themed title, Granny McFlitter: The Knit Before Christmas. Which one of these is NOT a Granny McFlitter book?
- Granny McFlitter: The Champion Knitter
- Granny McFlitter: A Country Yarn
- Granny McFlitter and the Curious Critter
- Granny McFlitter’s Eggcellent Easter
2. In 2017, Fifi Colston taught The Sapling to make a Christmas craft inspired by what book?
- The Christmas Tree Tangle, by Margaret Mahy
- A Kiwi Night Before Christmas, by Yvonne Morrison
- Slinky Malinki’s Christmas Crackers, by Lynley Dodd
- A Pūkeko in a Ponga Tree, by Kingi M. Ihaka
3. Out of those books listed above, which one is the oldest?
4. True or false: Cowshed Christmas is by Joy Cowley and Gavin Bishop.
5. Sarina Dickson penned two Christmas-themed books in 2022, including The Chaos Before Christmas. What is the name of the other book?
- The Fairies’ Night Before Christmas Activity Book
- A Kiwi Jingle Bells
- My Kiwi Christmas
- The Gnomes’ Very Berry Christmas
6. In A Kiwi Night Before Christmas, “‘Twas the night before Christmas/and all round the bach/not a ____ was stirring”?
- Ruru
- Possum
- Kākā
- Gecko
7. Who illustrated A Kiwi Night Before Christmas?
- Donovan Bixley
- Martin Baynton
- Deborah Hinde
- Ruth Paul
8. True or false: “The Night Before Christmas” is the actual name of the classic 1823 poem by Clement C. Moore.
9. What is the correct spelling for the reo Māori word for Christmas?
- Kirihamete
- Kirahimete
- Kirihimete
- Kirihemete
10. Finally, what year was Joy Cowley’s Greedy Cat’s Christmas published?
- 1985
- 2022
- 1995
- 2015
Answers
1. C – Granny McFlitter and the Curious Critter is not part of the series. Check out Becks Popham’s review of The Knit Before Christmas here.
2. A – Fifi taught us to make a Tangled Christmas Star inspired by A Christmas Tree Tangle.
3. D – A Pūkeko in a Ponga Tree was first published in 1981.
4. True!
5. A – The Fairies’ Night Before Christmas Activity Book. The Gnomes’ Very Berry Christmas is also by Sarina Dickson, but was published this year.
6. B – “…Not a possum was stirring/Not one we could catch”!
7. C – Deborah Hinde.
8. False – it’s actually called “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, though it is more often known as “The Night Before Christmas”.
9. C – Kirihimete.
10. B – Greedy Cat’s Christmas was first published in 2022.