Holiday Movies
This 1990 holiday classic features an 8-year-old who defends his home from the Wet Bandits using paint cans, toy cars, and a blowtorch.
What is Home Alone
What is Silver Bells?
This December 25th holiday celebrates the birth of Jesus and often features decorated trees and gift-giving.
What is Christmas?
This North Pole resident’s real name, according to many traditions, traces back to a 4th-century saint from Myra.
Who is Saint Nicholas?
This classic gift “rings” in the holiday season and is often worn on a wrist—perfect for someone who’s always late.
What is a watch?
In this 2003 film, a human raised by elves travels to New York City to find his real father and spreads Christmas cheer by “singing loud for all to hear.”
What is Elf?
“I don’t care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree” opens this 1994 pop Christmas classic.
What is All I Want for Christmas Is You?
This Jewish celebration lasts eight nights and includes lighting a menorah and eating latkes.
What is Hanukkah?
This’s the number of reindeer Santa needs before Rudolph is counted.
What is eight?
This gift is popular with book lovers and described by some as “a passport to countless worlds,” no plane ticket required.
What is a book?
This black-and-white 1946 classic follows George Bailey as he learns what life would be like if he’d never been born.
What is It's a Wonderful Life?
This song warns you that “somebody’s watching you”—specifically Santa—because “he knows if you’ve been bad or good.”
What is Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town?
This African American cultural celebration from December 26 to January 1 focuses on seven principles, including unity and creativity.
What is Kwanzaa?
Santa’s bright red suit became iconic after this soft drink company featured him in 1930s holiday advertising.
What is Coca-Cola?
With varieties like peppermint, lavender, and vanilla bean, this cozy gift is often lit to make a home smell festive.
What is a candle?
This animated TV special from 1966 features a green misanthrope whose “heart grows three sizes” on Christmas Day.
What is How the Grinch Stole Christmas!?
The lyric “Everyone dancing merrily in the new old-fashioned way” comes from this upbeat holiday tune.
What is Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree?
This festival marks the winter solstice in China and is celebrated with family meals featuring tangyuan or dumplings.
What is the Dongzhi Festival?
This U.S. military organization has tracked Santa’s Christmas Eve journey since 1955 after a misprinted phone number sent kids’ calls to them.
What is NORAD?
Often unwrapped with excitement by gamers, this item comes in physical discs or downloadable form and has titles ranging from sports to fantasy.
What is a video game?
A boy’s trip to the North Pole aboard a magical train is at the center of this 2004 motion-capture Christmas adventure.
What is The Polar Express
This song lyric states that 'I gave you my heart but the very next day, you gave it away'
What is Last Christmas?
This December holiday in Sweden honors a Christian martyr and features girls wearing white dresses and candle crowns.
What is Saint Lucia’s Day?
To reach children across the globe, Santa must cross this imaginary line—gaining a whole day’s advantage as he travels west.
What is the International Date Line?
Known for warmth and sometimes questionable patterns, this soft wearable is so iconic it even has its own “ugly” contest traditions.
What is a sweater?