Heraldic Christmas Quiz
These are the arms of a town named Bethlehem. But in which country ?
Australia
New Zealand
Scotland
South Africa
These are the arms of the Anglican Diocese of Bethlehem. In which country ?
Canada
South Africa
United Kingdom
United States
Santa is originally the Catholic saint, shown above. Who is he ?
Saint Andrew
Saint Luke
Saint Nicholas
Saint Paul
Although not on the North Pole, Santa is supposed to live here officially since 1985. What is the name of this city ?
Reykjavík (Iceland)
Rimouski (Canada)
Rana (Norway)
Rovaniemi (Finland)
Holly is also a symbol for Christmas. Here the holly leaves are canting for this city's name. Which is ?
La Houssière (France)
Hülsen (Germany)
Hulst (Netherlands)
Uelsen (Germany)
A crib, cradle or cot is not very common in heraldry, but this one is rather well known. From which town are these arms?
Baisy
Etampes
Saint Denis
Saint Germain-en-Laye
This region and former British colony was named after Christmas. It is ?
Ceylon
Natal
Pitcairn
Stellaland
These are the arms of Jon Hansen, Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith (Canada), showing a Christmas heart. This is a typical item for which country ?
Denmark
Poland
Russia
Slovakia
This Austrian church is famous for as:
The first recorded nativity play was performed here in 1621
Saint Mary appeared here on Christmas Day 1751
The song Silent Night, Holy Night was performed here for the first time in 1818
It was used in several Hollywood Christmas movies in the 1950s
Mistletoe is another Christmas symbol, and not very common in heraldry. Can you guess from which country these arms are ?
Austria
France
Germany
Lithuania
The Christmas story that we celebrate is largely based on the Gospel of Luke. What is the heraldic symbol of St. Luke ?
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The largest artificial Christmas tree ever measured 72.1 m and was erected in 2016 in this capital city (colonial arms shown)
Bangkok
Canberra
Colombo
Richmond (Virginia, US)
The largest nativity village was 17,228 metres squared on 11 January 2011. This nativity village takes over an hour to walk through and recreates the village of Bethlehem and surroundings. It was in the city whose arms were granted in 1559 and are shown above from the original grant
Bogotá (Colombia)
Calí (Colombia)
Monterrey (Mexico)
Quito (Ecuador)
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