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Win a two night stay in a rural camping pod (choose from a selection of locations, including Devon, Cumbria, Somerset or Yorkshire).
To enter the prize draw, simply answer the following questions in the form below, along with your details. Good luck!


Closing date is 11am on the 30th December 2016.

1. What is the French name for Father Christmas? Père Noël
2. What is the name of Ebenezer Scrooge’s partner in the book 'A Christmas Carol'? Jacob Marley
3. Which country did the Christmas beverage, eggnog come from? Britain?
4. What ornament is traditional placed on the top of the Christmas tree? A Star
5. What is the title of the well-known Christmas Song, sung my Mariah Carey? All I Want For Christmas is You
6. How many Wise Men brought gifts to Jesus? Three
7. Who composed the 'The Nutcracker Suite', for the Christmas themed ballet The Nutcracker? Tchaikovsky
8. Which evergreen plant is it a Christmas customs to share a kiss under? Mistletoe
9. In the song 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', how many swans were a-swimming? Seven
10. What is the name of the traditional German Christmas fruit bread which often includes marzipan running through the centre? Stollen

My answers in Red. The only one I am unsure of is the origin of eggnog, found several sites which said it derives from the medieval British posset but others say Europe and still others, that the word "eggnog" is from colonial America.

In list form, for copy/paste:
1. Père Noël
2. Jacob Marley
3. Britain (derived from medieval posset)
4. A Star
5. All I Want For Christmas is You
6. Three
7. Tchaikovsky
8. Mistletoe
9. Seven
10. Stollen