1. TV MOVIES The world is awash with brand new, made-for-TV Christmas movies this year. Try to match the title with the real plot. First up, A Cherry Pie Christmas

   1. A pastry chef must choose between her dream job and the legacy of her family’s cherry orchard business

   2. A perfectionist food stylist must create a festive cherry pie for a magazine’s Christmas cover shoot, with an unconventional small-town baker whose rustic style drives her mad

   3. When a town’s prized giant cherry pie – a beloved Christmas display – mysteriously disappears, a local baker teams up with the handsome new police chief to crack the case

2. Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!

   1. A once-promising musician who gave up his dreams goes home for the holidays to save the annual Christmas concert from cancellation

   2. A weatherman reunites with his high-school crush while on vacation in his home town

   3. A businessman returns home to buy a Christmas tree farm from his high-school crush

3. Melt My Heart This Christmas

   1. A cynical journalist is sent to cover the town’s Frozen Lake festival, and finds herself falling for the handsome festival organiser

   2. A jaded divorce lawyer pretends to be a personal coach in a small town, and finds herself falling for a charming single dad

   3. An excitable glassblower seizes a last-minute chance to assist her idol at a famed Christmas market

4. The Christmas Spark

   1. A former professional figure skater now coaching at a tiny rink rediscovers her competitive edge

   2. A successful lawyer quits to train as a firefighter alongside much younger recruits and finds his true calling

   3. A struggling toy inventor returns to her home town to pitch her new invention at the annual holiday fair

5. A Figgly Christmas

   1. When Santa Claus crashes in the land of the Woodgies, Figgly has to help Santa and save Christmas

   2. When Figgleberry Hollow’s famous ornaments are threatened by a blizzard, Flurpy has to save the day

   3. When a disorganised novelist named Hugo Figsworth arrives in the land of Dinkle-Down, Flumby has to tidy his house in time for Christmas Day

6. CHRISTMAS TV SPECIALS What is the plot of the following not particularly festive-sounding Christmas specials? First up, Taggart: Cold Blood (1987)

   1. A woman shoots her husband, only to find he was already dead

   2. A convicted arsonist burns down a church from behind bars

   3. A murder suspect is found naked under a frozen lake

7. Midsomer Murders: Days of Misrule (2008)

   1. A local businessman is violently choked

   2. A man is stabbed in the heart with a pocketknife

   3. A woman is killed with a booby‑trapped cracker

8. The Bill: Twanky (1997)

   1. A man tries to murder DI Deakin during a panto

   2. Sgt Ackland’s Christmas is ruined when she’s targeted by a gang of violent teens

   3. DCI Meadows becomes a shopping centre Father Christmas, and witnesses an assault

9. Casualty: These Things Happen (1987)

   1. Charlie breaks his leg on an ice rink

   2. A man balances a ladder on a frozen puddle, with disastrous consequences

   3. Two nurses are injured in a hit and run

10. Murder, She Wrote: A Christmas Secret (1992)

    1. A man is fatally stabbed during a church service

    2. A former police officer is pushed under a sleigh

    3. A woman is shot during a Christmas celebration

11. MUSIC Here are some reality stars who have tried and failed to score a Christmas No 1. What were their songs called? First up, Craig Phillips (Big Brother)

    1. By the Fireplace

    2. At This Time of Year

    3. The Magic of Winter

12. Sandi Bogle (Gogglebox)

    1. White Christmas

    2. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    3. Jingle Bell Rock

13. Megan McKenna (Ex on the Beach)

    1. Christmas Eve With You

    2. Family at Christmas

    3. Be My Elf

14. Gemma Collins (The Only Way Is Essex)

    1. White Christmas

    2. Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

    3. Baby, It’s Cold Outside

15. Paige Turley (Love Island)

    1. Wonderful Christmastime

    2. Christmas Wrapping

    3. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

16. ADVERTS Match the brand and year to the emotionally manipulative advert. First up, Coca-Cola, 2020

    1. A child battles across stormy seas to visit his lighthouse-keeper dad

    2. A father who works at a wind farm battles to deliver a letter to his distressed daughter

    3. A long-distance truck driver finally returns home to his family

17. Mr Kipling, 2003

    1. A woman sobs through a carol service, because she’s dropped her mince pie

    2. Mary screams in agony as she gives birth during a nativity

    3. A school makes a baby Jesus out of mini battenbergs

18. Iceland, 2018

    1. A polar bear sits on a melting iceberg as it drifts away from its family

    2. A family of turtles grow more distressed as they’re trapped in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

    3. A baby orangutan is left homeless due to deforestation

19. McDonald’s, 2021

    1. A lonely girl invents an imaginary friend to feel less alone

    2. A lonely girl builds a snowman, and serves it invisible burgers

    3. A lonely girl builds a castle out of Happy Meal boxes

20. John Lewis, 2015

    1. A snowman is abandoned by a child who has outgrown him

    2. A boy discovers a lonely old man living on the moon

    3. A widower writes a series of letters to his estranged son

21. PANTO Who is the big-name actor appearing in the following pantomimes this year? First up, Aladdin, Dartford

    1. Denise Welch

    2. Linda Robson

    3. Coleen Nolan

22. Jack and the Beanstalk, High Wycombe

    1. Scott Mills

    2. Greg James

    3. Vernon Kaye

23. Peter Pan, Southampton

    1. Matt Cardle

    2. Alexandra Burke

    3. Jedward

24. Cinderella, Stoke‑on‑Trent

    1. Jonathan Wilkes

    2. Antony Costa

    3. Peter Andre

25. Robin Hood, Birmingham

    1. Gino d’Acampo

    2. Linda Barker

    3. Gok Wan

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