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This young girl befriends the Grinch in the 2000 live-action film How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Who is Cindy Lou Who?
In this classic Christmas song, a snowman comes to life thanks to a magical old silk hat.
What is Frosty the Snowman?
This plant is traditionally hung in doorways during Christmas, and people standing beneath it are supposed to share a kiss.
What is mistletoe?
This creamy holiday drink is traditionally made with milk, cream, sugar, eggs, and spices like nutmeg.
What is eggnog?
This reindeer is famous for having a glowing red nose that helps guide Santa's sleigh.
Who is Rudolph?
This saint, whose feast day falls on December 6, is one of the historical inspirations for Santa Claus.
Who is Saint Nicholas?
Scott Calvin becomes the new Santa after this happens.
What is falling off the roof?
This singer released the holiday hit All I Want for Christmas Is You in 1994.
Who is Mariah Carey?
In Norway, an old Christmas Eve superstition involves hiding these household cleaning tools to prevent witches from stealing them.
What are brooms?
this red holiday berry is often made into a tart sauce.
what is a cranberry?
In the classic poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, these two reindeer are named immediately after Dasher and Dancer.
Who are Prancer and Vixen?
This famous Christmas poem, first published anonymously in 1823, helped popularize the image of Santa Claus traveling in a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer.
What is A Visit from St. Nicholas (The Night Before Christmas)?
This place is where the McCallister family is headed when they accidentally leave Kevin home alone.
What is Paris, France?
This Christmas song, originally titled One Horse Open Sleigh, was written by James Lord Pierpont.
What is Jingle Bells?
This country is widely credited with popularizing the tradition of decorating Christmas trees.
What is Germany?
This candy originated in Germany and often placed on Christmas trees.
What is candy canes?
This Christmas plant is known for its bright red bracts and is commonly used as a holiday decoration.
What is a poinsettia?
This U.S. president signed the law making Christmas a federal holiday in 1870.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Instead of his expected Christmas bonus, Clark Griswold receives this disappointing gift from his employer.
What is a one-year membership in the Jelly of the Month Club?
In The Twelve Days of Christmas song, this gift is given on the sixth day.
What are six geese a laying?
In Ukraine, Christmas trees are sometimes decorated with ornaments shaped like this insect , inspired by a folk legend.
What are spiders?
This holiday treat is made with molasses and a blend of spices.
What are gingerbread cookies?
This is the name of the famous New York City building where a giant Christmas tree is lit every year.
What is Rockefeller Center?
This country sends a large Christmas tree to London's trafalgar Square each year as symbol of gratitude for British support during world war 2.
what is Norway?
According to Buddy the Elf, these are the four main food groups.
What are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?
This duo originally released Last Christmas in 1984.
Who are Wham!?
In this country, many families celebrate Christmas with a meal from KFC, a tradition popularized by a 1970s advertising campaign.
What is Japan?
This Italian Christmas bread is tall and dome-shaped, traditionally containing raisins and candied citrus peel.
What is panettone?
This 1890s American newspaper was responsible for publishing the famous editorial Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus.
What is The New York Sun?
This U.S. state was the first to officially recognize Christmas as a legal holiday, doing so in 1836
What is Alabama?
This is the title of the fictional gangster movie Kevin watches in Home Alone.
What is Angels with Filthy Souls?
This Christmas song was first performed by Judy Garland in the 1944 film Meet Me in St. Louis.
What is Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas?
In Italy, this kindly, broom-riding figure delivers gifts to children around Epiphany.
Who is La Befana?
This Norwegian Christmas dish consists of dried whitefish that has been treated with lye and then rehydrated before cooking.
What is lutefisk?
This American president is often credited with the first documented Christmas tree in the White House in 1889.
Who is Benjamin Harrison?
This 19th-century American cartoonist helped shape the modern image of Santa Claus through illustrations for Harper's Weekly.
Who is Thomas Nast?