Holiday Movies
Young Kevin gets left behind when his family heads to France for Christmas in this 1990 film
What is Home Alone
These 3 birds are the gifts for the first 3 days
What are French hens, turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree
Legend says enemies who met under a branch of this would drop their weapons & embrace; now we kiss under it
What is Mistletoe?
Hanukkah celebrates the miracle of a small vial of oil that lit up the temple for this many days
What is 8?
He wrote "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
Who is Dr. Seuss?
Will Ferrell is a delight in this 2003 film whose cast also includes old pros like Ed Asner & Bob Newhart
What is Elf?
Of the song's 12 gifts, it's the only one you could melt down & not be charged with murder or animal cruelty
What are five golden rings
It rivals the turkey as the preferred bird at English Christmas feasts
What is a goose?
In Jewish cooking, potato pancakes, commonly enjoyed during Hanukkah, are known as these
What are Latkes?
It was the town the Grinch stole Christmas from
What is Whoville?
This Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy about a father's desperate search for a Christmas toy might ring a bell
What is Jingle All the Way?
More birds? On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent me these aquatic fowl.
What are swans-a-swimming
A treasured history tradition in New York City is ice-skating beneath the giant Christmas tree in this plaza
What is Rockefeller?
It's the "illuminating" alternate name for Hanukkah
What is the Festival of Lights?
While stealing a Christmas tree, the Grinch sees this little Who, "who was not more than two"
Who is Cindy-Lou Who?
In this perennial favorite Ralphie wants nothing more than a Red Ryder BB gun
What is a Christmas Story?
We found this eighth day's gift quite moo-ving
maids a-milking
On Christmas Eve, some Italian families enjoy capitone, a dish of these snakelike fish, fried
What are eels?
Young & old like to gather their coins & take a "spin" at this
What is a dreidel?
It's the name of the Grinch's unloved but loyal dog
What is Max?
In this movie, Tim Allen & Jamie Lee Curtis consider skipping the holidays altogether & taking a cruise
What is Christmas with the Kranks?
On the 10th day, nobility abounded as my true love somehow thought I needed this gift
What are lords a-leapin'
Christmas is now quite popular in this Asian country where the Christmas greeting is "Meri Kurisumasu!"
What is Japan?
It's the multi-branched candelabrum used in celebration of Hanukkah
What is a menorah?
In the 1966 tv special the Grinch was voiced by him
Who is Boris Karloff?