Holiday Songs
"In a one-horse open sleigh"
What is Jingle bells
True or False: Christmas lights used to be rented instead of being bought
True. Christmas lights were so expensive that they used to be rented rather than sold. An electrically lit tree was a status symbol in the early 1900s (and a lot less dangerous than candles).
He's green and grumpy and steals Christmas.
Who is The Grinch!
This popular Christmas beverage is white and is sometimes called “milk punch.”
What is Eggnog
How do you say Merry Christmas in Spanish?
Feliz Navidad!
The day of the year after Thanksgiving that provides huge sales for Christmas gifts
Black Friday
The Jewish Holiday celebrated for 8 days
What is Hanukkah
I'm dreaming of a ______ Christmas
What is White
A holiday that is younger than 50 years old and encourages homemade and educational gifts
What is Kwanzaa
This character in the movie Frozen famously said "Some people are worth melting for."
Who is Olaf
Name of the plant that people kiss under at Christmas?
Mistletoe
Where does Santa Claus live?
The North Pole.
Which one of Santa’s reindeer has the same name as another holiday mascot?
Cupid
In "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," this many reindeer pull Santa's sleigh
What is 9
What color Christmas is Elvis going to have?
Blue Christmas
This song is the highest selling Christmas Song of all time?
What is White Christmas - Bing Crosby
In this film and book, a train takes kids to the North Pole.
What is The Polar Express
Kids leave this out for Santa at night in the USA
cookies
The name of a famous Russian ballet about Christmas
What is The Nutcracker
A four-sided spinning top that presents a letter of the Hebrew alphabet on each side.
A Dreidel
This 12-day long holiday has some confusion as to when it starts and ends.
What is Christmas?
He's made out of snow and comes to life with a hat placed on his head.
Who is Frosty the Snowman
This Christmas ghost story was first published in London in 1843.
What is A Christmas Carol?
What happens when you stick your wet tongue to a frozen pole like in a Christmas story?
It gets stuck to the metal.
Naughty kids get this at Christmas?
What is Coal
Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
Germany
These colors represent Kwanzaa
What are red, black and green?
"Umoja (Unity) - To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race" is one of the 7 principles of this holiday celebrated between Dec 26th and January 1st.
This is the path that Santa takes in "Here Comes Santa Claus"
What is Santa Claus Lane?
In 1965, Jingle Bells became the first song to be broadcast from this location.
What is space?
What old Christmas movie is this line from? "Look Daddy, teacher says, every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings"?
What is "It's a Wonderful Life"
Singing around the Christmas tree, in front of homes, or with your loved ones
What is Caroling
This Hindu holiday celebrates the New Year and means "row of lights."
What is Diwali?
A nine lamp candle for the Jewish Holiday
What is a Menorah
Oregon, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Washington and Wisconsin are the top US producers of this holiday tradition.
What is a Christmas Tree
This is a song about melodic, metallic-colored holiday decorations.
What is Silver Bells
On Christmas Day in 1776, this general led an army across the icy Delaware River.
Who is George Washington?
In the story of a Christmas Carol, what is Scrooge’s first name?
Ebenezer Scrooge
What is a short but controversial way of writing "Christmas"?
"Xmas"
Witnessing the holiday tradition in Mexico inspired Mary Blair to create a short that is included in Th Three Caballeros.
What is Los Posadas?
In Nightmare Before Christmas, this holiday decides to take over Christmas.
What is Halloween?
This Asian holiday last 16 days ending with a lantern festival.
What is the Lunar New Year? (What is Chinese New Year?_
Tell your friend Veronica
It's time to celebrate Hanukkah
I hope I get a _______________
What is harmonicah
This holiday traces its origin back to 167 BC after the Maccabees successfully rededicated their temple.
What is Hanukkah?
Finish this line from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas": "It came without packages, boxes or _____."
What is Bags.
Who spies on kids and reports back to Santa?
Who is Elf on the Shelf
The French word "Noel" is often used around Christmas, but what was its original meaning in Latin?
What is birth?
This evil character wanders the streets with chains and bells looking for misbehaving children.
Krampus
How long do Christmas trees usually grow before they can be sold?
Christmas trees usually grow for nearly 15 years before they can be sold.
She sings the song that starts with "All I want for Christmas is You"
Who is Mariah Carey
November and December are the two of the most dangerous months of the year because of this
What is holiday decorating injuries
(34 percent of which are falls)
Which fairy tale was the first gingerbread houses inspired by?
Hansel & Gretel
These are the two most popular Christmas colors after red and green?
Silver and Gold ✨✨
This country is the leading producer of Christmas trees?
What is Canada
This is the traditional lucky color to wear at New Years in China, Japan, and many other countries.
What is red?
The holiday name that can be spelled 16 or 17 different ways
Hanukkah
What Christmas carol does the Peanuts gang sing at the end of “A Charlie Brown
Christmas?”
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
During the Cold War, a young boy accidently calling NORAD launch this tech-based holiday tradition.
What is the Santa Tracker?
What was the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time?
What is Home Alone.
Christmas pudding is made of this
What is fruit cake
In Venezuela, Santa does not bring the presents. Who does?
El Niño Jesus (baby Jesus)
A traditional New Years Song.
What is Auld Lang Syne?
The most covered Christmas song of all time.
Silent Night
Frosty said this once the magic hat was placed on his head?
What is Happy Birthday?
Which U.S. state was last to declare Christmas a legal holiday in 1907?
Oklahoma was the last U.S. state to declare Christmas a legal holiday in 1907.
This short Christmas story by O. Henry contains this quote "But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest." referring to the married couple Della and Jim.
What is the Gift of the Magi?
The most famous Christmas dinner around the world is?
Turkey.
In which country is KFC or other chicken a popular Christmas meal because it is hard to get turkeys?
Japan
This holiday from Seinfeld is for "The rest of us".
Festivus
The singer received this many gifts in "12 days of Christmas?"
What is 364