Holiday Trivia
This red plant is one of the most common Christmas decorations and originated in Mexico.
What is the poinsettia?
In The Grinch (2018), this actor voiced the iconic green character.
Who is Benedict Cumberbatch
In this country, children receive gifts from La Befana, a friendly witch who travels by broom.
What is Italy?
This popular Christmas song is famous for naming gifts like turtle doves, French hens, and golden rings.
What is “The Twelve Days of Christmas”?
This cookie is often cut into shapes like people, stars, and holiday houses.
What are gingerbread cookies?
This country is widely credited with starting the tradition of the Christmas tree in the 1500s.
What is Germany?
This singer’s Christmas anthem re-enters the charts every year and famously hits #1 each December.
Who is Mariah Carey?
In this Nordic country, families leave out porridge for a mischievous house gnome called a Nisse.
What is Denmark (or Norway)?
This 1980s pop duo recorded the hit “Last Christmas,” which re-enters the charts nearly every holiday season since its release.
Who is Wham!?
This creamy holiday drink has variations with rum, bourbon, or brandy, and is often topped with nutmeg.
What is eggnog?
In ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas,’ the total number of gifts given is this number.
What is 364?
This stop-motion holiday special from 1964 introduced the song 'Holly Jolly Christmas' and the Island of Misfit Toys.
What is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
This country celebrates Christmas with KFC as a national tradition after a 1970s marketing campaign.
What is Japan?
Brenda Lee recorded this classic Christmas hit at age 13, decades before it finally hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
What is “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”?
This bite-sized homemade treat is popular at holiday parties and typically involves peanut butter and melted chocolate.
What are buckeyes?
This poem, first published anonymously in 1823, is credited with shaping nearly all modern imagery of Santa’s appearance and behavior.
What is “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (also known as “’Twas the Night Before Christmas”)?
This 2004 film features a boy boarding a magical train to the North Pole, and is known for its early use of motion-capture animation.
What is The Polar Express?
In this South American country, fireworks are a major part of Christmas Eve celebrations, culminating in 'La Noche Buena.'
What is Mexico?
This singer's 1957 holiday album, featuring “Blue Christmas,” remains one of the best-selling Christmas albums of all time.
Who is Elvis Presley?
Before turkey became popular, what meat was the traditional centerpiece of English Christmas feasts?
What is Goose? (and before that, boar's head)
This Christmas carol is the first song to ever be broadcast from space, played on a smuggled harmonica during NASA’s Gemini 6 mission in 1965.
What is “Jingle Bells”?
In Elf, Buddy works at this real-world department store that transformed its holiday section into Santa’s Workshop overnight.
What is Gimbels?
This country’s holiday tradition includes the 'Yule Lads' — 13 mischievous pranksters who visit on successive nights before Christmas.
What is Iceland?
This 1984 charity single brought together UK artists like George Michael and Bono to raise money for famine relief.
What is “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” by Band Aid?
In the movie "Elf," what are the four main food groups according to Buddy?
What is Candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?