Holiday Jingles
I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
I won't even stay awake to
Hear those magic reindeers click
All I Want For Christmas Is You
This red and green plant is typically given during the holiday season.
Poinsettia
Peacock was usually eaten in place of this feathered fowl during medieval times. It wasn't until Henry VIII had it on the menu during Christmas in the sixteenth century that it became a Christmas mainstay.
Turkey
All of this movie takes place on Christmas Eve at Nakatomi Plaza during the company’s holiday party, however nerds still debate as to whether it qualifies as a Christmas movie.
Die Hard
Alleged to have originated in this central European country, a glass pickle ornament is hidden deep within a Christmas tree's branches. The person who discovers the pickle sometime during the Christmas season will receive a bonus gift or lots of good fortune for the upcoming year.
Germany
Or ride our bike around the halls?
I think some company is overdue.
I've started talking to the pictures on the walls.
Hang in there, Joan!
Do You Want To Build A Snowman?
In 1931 construction workers started the tradition of placing a large Christmas tree in this location in Midtown Manhattan.
Rockefeller Center
This dessert can typically last for a long time without ever going bad, thanks to the preservative properties of the sugar and the booze they contain. Sometimes they are even good for holding a door open.
Fruit Cake
This movie from 1983 is played for 24 hours straight every Christmas on TBS.
A Christmas Story
On Christmas Eve, families in this Nordic country exchange books, then spend the rest of the evening cozied up by a fire as they read aloud and eat sweet treats.
Iceland
Let the Christmas spirit ring
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie
And we'll do some caroling
Rocking Around the Christmas Tree
Krampus
This food was first eaten by people in North America to accompany their Thanksgiving turkey. The tradition spread - with the turkey - to Europe. However when surveyed, roughly 29% of Americans hate it but eat it anyway.
Cranberry Sauce
This classic by Charles Dickens has as of 21 Dec 2022 inspired multiple adaptations starring, among others, Bill Murray, Ryan Reynolds and the Muppets.
A Christmas Carol
While the Poinsettia is pretty much the official flower of Christmas in the United States and other parts of the world, this Central American country with 800 miles of tropical coastline has designated theirs as the orchid.
Coasta Rica
I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
Just bring him through the front door, that's the easy thing to do
I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created in 1939 by Robert L. May for this department store.
Montgomery Ward
These treats were first introduced around Christmastime in 1902. The string on the box was originally intended to be used to hang the boxes on Christmas trees.
Animal crackers
This fictional character was voiced by Bumblesnuff Crimpysnitch in the 2018 animated movie, however he was played by Jim Carrey in the 2000 live action one.
The Grinch
As soon as you sit down to the dinner table, get comfortable. People in this country - the second-largest in Europe - eat a whopping 12 courses during their traditional Christmas feasts, and each one is dedicated to one of Jesus' apostles.
Ukraine
This song - which Joseph Mohr wrote the lyrics for (in German) in 1816 and Franz Xaver Gruber put to music two years later - is the most recorded Christmas song in the modern era of the holiday’s substantial catalog.
Silent Night
The celebration of Christmas was outlawed in this historically colonial city from 1659 to 1681. Law-breakers were fined five shillings.
Boston
Americans consume over 135 million pounds of this stuff annually, an impressive number considering it is only on supermarket shelves two times a year.
Eggnog
A 1986 reinterpretation of the classic Christmas tale starring Keanu Reeves and Drew Barrymore as a duo who must save this fictional land and Christmas from the evil plans of Barnaby Barnacle.
Babes in Toyland
Each year on 25 December, Japanese flock to this American fast food chain in Tokyo thanks to the impact of a "____ for Christmas" marketing campaign that hit about 40 years ago
Kentucky Fried Chicken, "KFC"