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“Miracle on 34th Street” centers on what real-life department store?
Macy's
What is Frosty the Snowman's nose made of?
Button
The grinch is as cuddly as what?
Cactus
This royal delivered their first televised Christmas message to the nation on December 25th, 1957
Queen Elizabeth II
What auspicious animated television event premiered in December 1965?
Charlie Brown Christmas on CBS, it has aired every Christmas since!
In Finland, Santa rides on the back of this hooved farm animal.
His name is Joulupukki, and he’s a goat.
What do the songs “Jingle Bells”, “Winter Wonderland” and “Sleighride” all fail to mention in their lyrics?
Christmas
In the song "Winter Wonderland" what do we call the snowman?
Parson Brown
The states of Maryland and Michigan both use this familiar “Fir and Balsam” related Christmas melody for their state songs.
“O Tannenbaum”
This company debuted their first Christmas cards in 1915, though people originally started sending Christmas cards in 1843.
Hallmark
What is the main ingredient in traditional Gingerbread cookies?
Flour
This spirit is traditionally added to butter and served with Christmas pudding.
Brandy
This actor played a very Bad Santa in 2003, alongside the late John Ritter and Bernie Mac.
Billy Bob Thornton
Which U.S. President moved Thanksgiving back from November 30th to the fourth Thursday of November, to extend the opportunity for Holiday shopping and help depression-strained retailers?
FDR
This European country has a tradition of a witch dropping gifts for children down the chimney.
Italy, and this tradition is celebrated on the night of Epiphany (January 5th)
We kiss beneath the mistletoe because the ancient Norse associated mistletoe with Freyja, the goddess of what?
Love and Fertility
When Saint Nicholas dropped bags of gold down the chimney of the home of three poor, dowry less sisters, it created what Christmas tradition?
Stockings by the fireplace! The girls’ father refused to accept charity, and the girls hung their stockings by the fire to dry. The bags of gold landed in the stockings, and there you have it! Some also say it helped the girls not fall into prostitution instead of a dowry..
How many wise men, or Magi, does the bible say visited baby Jesus?
It doesn’t specify! Everyone assumes there were three because the bible says they gave Jesus 3 gifts.
In what 1944 Judy Garland movie was “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” introduced?
Meet me in St. Louis!
To Christians, this plant’s berries symbolize Christ’s blood, and its thorny leaves suggest the thorns in His crown.
Holly
In Chevy Chase's Christmas Vacation, Why does Ellen and the rest o the family leave and not check that t find out that Clark locked in the attic?
Ellen's father Art had to "eat and take his back pill"
What US President banned Christmas trees in the White house but his 8 year old son, Archie, surprised him on Christmas with a small one he hid in a white house closet?
Teddy Roosevelt
In what movie did the song “White Christmas” first premier?
Holiday Inn - not White Christmas!!
This old English custom was a to toast to someone’s long life at Christmastime and was the forerunner for the tradition of Christmas caroling. It also inspired St. Francis of Assisi to begin the custom of singing carols in church in the 13th century.
Wassailing
Playing along side legendary female actors Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen, these were the two primary male stars in the classic musical film “White Christmas”?
Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye