Xmas at the Movies
The name of the family featured in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
The Grizwolds
This Bing Crosby song is the best selling single ever
White Christmas
This type of calendar is used as a countdown to Christmas
Advent calendar
This Christmas beverage is also known as "milk punch"
Eggnog
Jesus was born in this town
Bethlehem
"You smell like beef and cheese, you don't smell like Santa" is a quote from this holiday movie
Elf
According to the song, he was a "jolly happy soul"
Frosty the Snowman
This Christmas decoration was originally made from strands of silver
Tinsel
This much reviled Christmas edible is known for its long shelf life
Fruitcake
The Santa's reindeer that shares a name with a famous symbol of Valentine's Day
Cupid
In the movie, Home Alone, the family is traveling to this location when they leave Kevin behind
Paris
‘He’s making a list, he’s checking it twice’ are the lyrics to this Christmas song
Santa Claus is coming to town
This phrase, made popular in the book, "A Christmas Carol", expresses annoyance with cheery holiday celebrations
Bah humbug
Visions of which food danced in children's heads as they slept in the holiday poem, Twas the night before Christmas
Sugar plums
A small, plain, undesirable Christmas tree is referred to as this cartoon character
A Charlie Brown tree
This 2004 animated film is about a train that carries kids to the North Pole
Polar Express
According to the song, Deck the Halls, this is what the halls are decked with
Boughs of holly
The gifts the 3 kings, or wise men, brought to baby Jesus
gold, frankincense and myrrh
This holiday goodie was shaped to resemble a shepherd's staff
Candy Cane
The first name of Mr Scrooge in Charles' Dickens, The Christmas Carol
Ebenezer
He played Georg Bailey in, "It's a Wonderful Life"
Jimmy Stewart
In the song, The 12 days of Christmas, my true love gave me this on the 8th day
8 maids a milking
This Christmas themed ballet premiered in St Petersburg, Russia in 1892
The Nutcraker
In the early 1800s, the first gingerbread houses were inspired by this famous fairy tale
Hansel and Gretel
The number of reindeer featured in the poem, "Twas the Night Before Christmas"
8