Christmas Tunes
This catch 1994 Christmas tune is the best-selling Christmas single ever recorded by a female artist, as well as being one of the highest-selling singles in music history.
What is "all I want for Christmas is you"?
This giggling red monster was the hit of the holidays as the best selling christmas toy of 1996
Who is Tickle me Elmo
One in three men wait until this day to do their Christmas shopping.
What is Christmas Eve
This magical, silk-hat-wearing protagonist melts away at the end of his theme song but promises, "I'll be back again someday!"
Who is Frosty the Snowman
Popularized by a classic 19th-century German ballet, this festive, mechanical kitchen tool is shaped like a soldier and used to crack open holiday snacks.
What is a nutcracker
The color of Elvis’s suede shoes, as well as the Christmas he will have without you
What is Blue?
Introduced in 1952, this was the first toy ever advertised on television, though kids originally had to provide their own real vegetables
What is Mr. Potato Head
Every year, millions of Americans head to the local mall to have their children (or pets) pose for photos with a performer dressed as this legendary figure.
Who is Santa Claus
In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, this sweet-natured, sickly young boy closes out the classic novel by declaring, "God bless us, every one!"
Who is Tiny Tim
This iconic, heavily mocked holiday dessert is packed with chopped candied fruit and nuts, and boasts a notoriously long shelf life.
What is Fruit Cake
In “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” Grandma had been drinking too much of this festive holiday beverage
What is eggnog
In 1983, shoppers went wild for these unique, adoptable dolls that came with birth certificates.
What is Cabbage Patch Kids
Originating as an ad campaign in 1939 for the Montgomery Ward department store, this fictional character now flies at the front of Santa's sleigh.
Who is Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
Raised by an adoptive elf father, this towering, maple-syrup-loving human travels from the North Pole to New York City to find his biological dad.
Who is Buddy the Elf
In England, it is a Christmas Eve tradition to leave out a glass of sherry alongside this small, spiced fruit pie for Santa Claus.
What is Mince Pie or Minced Meat Pie
The lyrics to this timeless Christmas song describe a wintery ride in a one-horse open sleigh, but never once mention the word “Christmas.”
What is Jingle Bells
This creepy yet cute robotic creature was the must-have gift of 1998, famous for starting out speaking "Furbish" before learning English.
What is a Furby
Since 1955, this joint U.S.–Canadian military command uses radar to track Santa's flight path across the globe every Christmas Eve.
What is NORADNorth American Aerospace Defense Command
In the 1965 animated special, this depressed kid gets a lot of grief for picking a scrawny, dynamic little stick of a tree for the holiday play.
Who is Charlie Brown
This elaborate Italian-American Christmas Eve celebration features a feast consisting entirely of seven different types of this food group.
What is the Feast of the seven fishes
Spotify has a playlist featuring 100 different versions of this holiday bop, which was originally written and recorded by 1980s Brit Pop duo Wham!
What is Last Christmas
This 1963 toy let kids safely bake miniature cakes and treats using the heat of a real lightbulb.
What is Easy Bake Oven
In this quirky, highly competitive white-elephant style party tradition, guests swap and steal deliberately gaudy, knit winter garments.
What is an ugly sweater party
This cynical, green-furred pet dog acts as the Grinch's loyal sidekick and is forced to wear a single antler tied to his head.
Who is Max
Though centuries old, this festive, ginger-spiced treat became universally associated with the holidays after the Brothers Grimm published Hansel and Gretel in the 19th century.
What is gingerbread house