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Quiz: How much do you know about these famous Christmas Day babies?
There’s only eleven days to go until 25 December.
THERE’S JUST ELEVEN days to go until 25 December. Where has the time gone?
Of course, we all know that Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
So we thought we’d test your knowledge of some famous faces that share a birthday with him.
Former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau was born on Christmas Day in 1971. Which pop star did he recently confirm he was in a relationship with?
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Katy Perry
Lily Allen
Taylor Swift
Lady Gaga
Despite her birthday being on Christmas Day, actress Sissy Spacek is best known for starring in a famous horror film that's more popular around Halloween. Which one?
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The Exorcist
Rosemary's Baby
Carrie
Suspiria
It feels appropriate that the late great Shane MacGowan was born on 25 December. Who duetted with Shane on the original 1988 recording of The Pogues' beloved Christmas song Fairytale of New York?
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Sinéad O'Connor
Kirsty MacColl
Enya
Dolores O'Riordan
Dido was also a Xmas Day baby. Which of her songs plays over the famous Love Actually scene where Andrew Lincoln's character goes for a sad, dramatic walk? (We've added photos to jog your memory)
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YouTube
White Flag
YouTube
Here With Me
YouTube
Thank You
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Stan
Former footballer and pundit Chris Kamara was born on 25 December 1957. True or false - his full name is Christmas Kamara after his birthday?
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True
False
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Scottish singer and one-half of Eurythmics Annie Lennox recorded 'Put A Little Love In Your Heart' for the Scrooged soundtrack . She also released a festive album in 2010 called 'A Christmas...' what?
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Carol
Celebration
Cracker
Cornucopia
What is unusual about English polymath and all-round wise man Isaac Newton's birth?
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He was actually born a minute before midnight on 24 December but it was wrongly recorded
He was born exactly 200 years after another famous polymath, Leonardo da Vinci
He was born on 25 December according to the Julian calendar at the time, but the modern Gregorian calendar records his birthday as 4 January
His place of birth is now an orchard
Which of these famous supermodels was born on Christmas Day in 1968?
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Naomi Campbell
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Kate Moss
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Claudia Schiffer
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Helena Christensen
Old Hollywood legend Humphrey Bogart - born 25 December 1899 - starred in a film that saw three convicts escape prison at Christmas and carry out good deeds while hiding out with a local shopkeeper. It was called 'We're No...' what?
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Angels
Elves
Snowmen
Reindeer
Finally, we get to the most famous 25 December baby. Do you know the names of the three wise men who are said to have visited Jesus after his birth?
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Belshazzar, Mesha and Zachariah
Abraham, Isaac and Jeremiah
Balthazar, Caspar and Melchior
Aidan, Ciarán and Micheál
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