Christmas Songs
This is the most popular Christmas song in the United States. Its singer was featured in a meme picturing her thawing-out in time for Christmas.
What is Mariah Cary's "All I Want for Christmas is You"?
This meat is traditionally eaten for Christmas dinner in England
What is turkey?
He was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent from modern-day Turkey. He is the patron saint of toymakers. His legendary habit of secret gift-giving gave rise to the folklore of Santa Claus.
Who is Saint Nicholas?
This real-life department store served as the setting for the Christmas film “Miracle on 34th Street”.
What is Macy's?
In 1977 action figures based on this George Lucas movie were flying off the shelves.
What is Star Wars?
These are used to make various shaped sugar cookies before they are baked.
What are cookie cutters?
This song was recently criticized for promoting unwanted, aggressive sexual behavior.
What is "Baby It's Cold Outside"?
This country created eggnog where it was originally called milk punch.
What is England?
This is the most popular ornament to place at the top of a Christmas tree.
What is a star?
Directed by Chris Columbus, and released in 1990, this is the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time.
What is "Home Alone"?
In 1978, this simple game took the world by storm. This game was inspired by a centuries-old children's game and had a simple premise - each of the four colored buttons needed to be hit in sequence to match the tune played. Get it wrong and you lose.
What is Simon?
This treat is shaped to represent a shepherd’s staff.
What is a candy cane?
Sung by Bing Crosby in both movies, this song was originally written for the movie "Holiday Inn". It was later featured in a movie that shared the song's name.
What is "White Christmas"?
This country is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition.
What is Germany?
In this language, celebrants wish each other Feliz Navidad.
What is Spanish?
In "The Santa Clause 2" Scott Calvin, played by Tim Allen, has to do this in order to keep being Santa Claus.
What is get married?
The most popular toy for Christmas 1980 was a three-dimensional puzzle created by a Hungarian sculptor and architecture professor with the first name Ernő.
What is Rubik's Cube?
This kind of Christmas cookies require you to use a gun to make them.
What are Spritz?
This Christmas carol was composed by Franz Xaver Gruber in 1818 in Austria. It was originally titled "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht".
What is "Silent Night"?
In Australia, “six white boomers” take over from reindeer to handle Santa’s deliveries in the heat. Name these animals.
What are kangaroos?
Lutefisk and lefse are often eaten over the Holidays by Americans of Norwegian descent. What is the type of fish used in this dish?
What is cod?
This is the name of the guardian angel who takes George Bailey on his journey in "It’s a Wonderful Life".
What is Clarence?
These were smart little blue creatures who lived in wild mushrooms in the forest. They were the most popular toy for Christmas in 1981.
What are Smurfs?
This is considered the great-grandfather of Christmas cookies.
What is gingerbread?
Most Christmas carols are written in a major key, but this song about the Maji is written in a minor key. For 500 bonus points name another Christmas song written in a minor key.
What is "We Three Kings"?
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
What Child is This
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Carol of the Bells
Coventry Carol
These animals are often erroneously depicted as living at the North Pole, when they only live in the Antarctic.
What are penguins?
He is the traditional English name for the personification of Christmas. Although now known as a Christmas gift-bringer, and typically considered to be synonymous with Santa Claus, he was originally part of a much older and unrelated English folkloric tradition.
Who is Father Christmas?
This 2004 animated Christmas feature was an adaptation of an illustrated storybook by Chris Van Allsburg, the same author who created “Jumanji.”
What is Polar Express?
These were the must-have kids toy of 1983 and perhaps the first toy to result in several fights breaking out in stores across the United States.
These toys had humble beginnings at the hands of Xavier Roberts, a 21-year-old art student who started hand-stitching them in 1978
What are Cabbage Patch Kids?
This is the name of the spicy Christmas tea served in India.
What is masala chai?
This is the title of the poem which begins with the line “Twas the night before Christmas”.
What is A Visit From St. Nickolaus?
In the song "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer", grandma had been drinking too much of this.
What is eggnog?
This is what Italians call Santa Claus.
What is Babbo Natale
This is the name of the traditional warm holiday beverage that's made from mulled wine or cider, orange, cinnamon and other spices.
What is wassail?
It is often debated whether this action movie is really a Christmas movie. It features the line, "Now I have a machine gun, Ho-Ho-Ho".
What is "Die Hard"?
These characters began their life on greeting cards but proved so popular that they were eventually turned into plush toys, TV programs and more.
With the release of their self-named movie in 1985, these stuffed animals began selling like crazy and were the most popular Christmas toy that year.
What are Care Bears?
This traditional alcoholic Christmas drink is made with “batter”
What is a Tom and Jerry
While not specifically named in the Bible, these are the traditional names given to the wisemen.
Who are Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar?
This song tells the story of a member of the species rangifer Tarandus who sported a luminescent scarlet proboscis.
What is "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer"?
This is the ocean in which Christmas Island is located.
What is the Indian Ocean?
The Airing of Grievances, Feats of Strength, and erecting a bare metal pole are parts of this fictional holiday celebration.
What is Festivus?
In the movie "Elf" Buddy goes to New York City to find his biological father after he discovers this shocking fact about him.
What is "He is on the Naughty List"?
Thanks to a wave of marketing, this red monster from Sesame Street was in high demand as a Christmas present in 1996.
It was rumored that, in order to pass quality control before leaving the factory, the toy was given two test tickles.
What is Tickle-Me-Elmo?
According to Buddy the Elf, these are the four main food groups.
What are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?
What were the three gifts given to the baby Jesus by the wisemen?
What are gold, frankincense, and myrrh?