Festive Festivities
Holiday Movie Magic
Christmas in the USA
Holiday Foods Through History
Holiday Songs of America
100

This Thanksgiving tradition began because a Philadelphia police nickname described chaotic holiday shoppers.

Black Friday

100

This 2003 film stars Will Ferrell as a human raised by elves who loves putting maple syrup in his cereal.

Elf

100
Instead of Floats and Parade Balloons, the first Macys Day Parade in New York had what instead?

Zoo Animals/Circus Performers.

100

This traditionally, Christmas meat became popular in America because it was cheaper than goose and fed more people.

Turkey

100

This Mariah Carey holiday anthem has reigned as the most-streamed Christmas song for over a decade.

All I want for Christmas is You

200

This modern tradition that became popular in the 2010s involves a feast among Friends instead of Family before the holidays kickoff.

Friendsgiving.

200

In Home Alone, the films villain Harry and Marv have a Nickname The _____ Bandits.

Wet

200

This US President declared the first Thanksgiving Holiday in the US in 1863

Lincoln

200

This holiday drink, dating back to medieval England, was traditionally made with milk, eggs, sugar, and liquor.

Eggnog

200

This 1966 Dr. Seuss Christmas tune describes someone as a “nasty, wasty skunk.”

You're a mean one Mr. Grinch

300

This Christmas tradition that originally came from Norse Mythology found new popularity among 1950's American Singles.

Mistletoe

300

This 1988 film features Bill Murrary as a TV executive haunted by three spirits.

Scrooged

300

This U.S. president was the first to pardon a turkey.

JFK

300

This sweet treat, shaped like a shepherd’s staff, was invented in Germany and brought to America by German immigrants.

Candy Cane/Peppermint


300

This 1942 Christmas, Irving Berlin song is the best-selling single in music history.

White Christmas

400

The first Thanksgiving Football game was between what two American Colleges?

Yale, and Princeton

400

The Conductor of the Polar Express is played by what famous American Actor?

Tom Hanks

400

The classic look of Santa, with a Redhat, White Beard, and Reindeer was created by this US Company.

Coca Cola

400

This dish, now a Thanksgiving icon, became widely popular after the fruit company Ocean Spray featured it in a 1912 cookbook

Cranberry Sauce

400

This song, now a Christmas staple, was originally written in 1857 for Thanksgiving.

Jingle Bells

500

In what Decade was the annual tradition of Rockefeller Christmas Tree started?

1930's

500

In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch’s heart grows by this many sizes.

3 Sizes

500

This Founding Father suggested that the turkey—not the bald eagle—should be America’s national bird.

Benjamin Franklin

500

KFC, the American Fried Chicken Company sees their highest daily sales on Christmas in this Country

Japan

500

This now classic Christmas Character was first mentioned in a 1949 American Christmas Country Song

Rudolph

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