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100
In this 1994 film, Tim Allen accidentally becomes Santa after causing the original one to fall off a roof.
What is The Santa Clause?
100
What famous Christmas-themed ballet is from Russia?
What is The Nutcracker?
100
The kind of sleigh used in "Jingle Bells"
What is a one horse open sleigh?
100
This red, furry character caused a nationwide craze in 1996 when the “Tickle Me” version sold out everywhere.
What is Elmo?
100
This big-box retailer is famous for using “doorbuster” toys as loss leaders, selling them below cost during the holidays to pull shoppers into stores.
What is Walmart?
200
This miserly Victorian man is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve and famously exclaims, “Bah, humbug!”
Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
200
Traditionally, this Italian Christmas bread is studded with candied fruit and has a tall, domed shape.
What is panettone?
200
DAILY DOUBLE!
Name all of Santa's nine reindeer.
200
These colorful spinning tops battled in plastic arenas and inspired the chant, “Let it rip!”
What are Beyblades?
200
This once-massive retailer depended so heavily on Christmas toy sales that its bankruptcy was largely attributed to losing the holiday market to Amazon.
What is Toys R Us?
300
Where Kevin's family was traveling to in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
What is Miami, Florida?
300
In this country, families eat KFC on Christmas Eve—a tradition so popular that meals must be ordered months in advance.
What is Japan?
300
In this song, the singer asks for a yacht, a platinum mine, and a ring - making this the most financially ambitious Christmas list ever recorded.
What is Santa Baby?
300
This popular toy, first sold in 1963, let kids “bake” their own treats using a light bulb.
What is an easy bake oven?
300
This brand sued its biggest competitor after a holiday commercial implied that its batteries caused toys to die faster.
What is Duracell?
400
In this 1996 comedy, a desperate dad goes on a chaotic last-minute shopping spree to get a sold-out toy for his son, proving that Christmas shopping can be downright dangerous.
What is Jingle All the Way?
400
In Mexico, this sweet bread, often braided and dusted with sugar, is traditionally served around Christmas and sometimes hides a small figurine inside.
What is Rosca de Reyes?
400
The second most consistently successful Christmas song of all time?
What is Last Christmas?
400
This “magical” drawing board let you shake away your artwork and start again.
What is the Etch A Sketch?
400
This luxury brand makes nearly 40% of its annual revenue in the November–December period, thanks largely to small leather goods and jewelry gifting.
What is Louis Vuitton?
500
This 1954 musical shows Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye teaming up to save a Vermont inn with a holiday show.
What is White Christmas?
500
In which country do people wear rollerskates to Church for Christmas?
What is Venezuela?
500
This rapper released his own version of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in 2012.
What is DMX?
500
This 1983 holiday craze involved parents wrestling in toy aisles to “adopt” a doll complete with a name, birth certificate, and yarn hair.
What are Cabbage Patch Kids?
500
This cosmetics brand perfected the holiday “value gift set,” which looks discounted but often contains mini sizes with profit margins above 70%.
What is Sephora?
(Will also accept “What is L’Oréal?” as both use this model.)