Christmas Classics
Horrific/Halloween Tales
Authors
Quotes
Characters
100

What is the name of the Christmas Classic where an old man is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve

A Christmas Carol

100

This famous short story is a metaphor for guilt.

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

100

This author is known for horror novels like It, The Shining, and Carrie

Stephen King

100

What Tim Burton poem is this quote from: "Why is it they get to spread laughter and cheer. While we stalk the graveyards, spreading panic and fear?”

The Nightmare before Christmas

100

This character is as cuddly as a cactus, has termites in his smile, and a heart 2 sizes too small

The Grinch (From How the Grinch Stole Christmas)

200

This tragic fairytale follows a young girl selling matches

The Little Match Girl

200

The classic short story symbolizes fate, greed, and the dangers of trying to change what is meant to be. 

The Monkey's Paw

200

This author popularized the subgenre of horror, called cosmic horror / eldritch horror

H.P. Lovecraft

200

Finish the quote: “Twas the Night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a ______.

Mouse

200

The overworked and underpaid clerk of Ebenezer Scrooge

Bob Cratchit (From A Christmas Carol)

300

This story follows a young couple who make great sacrifices to buy each other Christmas gifts.

The Gift of the Magi by O.Henry

300

This famous haunted house story is nicknamed as a “ghost story without the ghost”!

The Haunting of Hill House

300

This American Retailer created the Character of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer

Robert L. May

300

Finish this quote: “You may live to see ______ horrors beyond your comprehension.”

Man-made

300

This character from a classic book is often depicted wearing a mask covering only their mouth and nose to keep people safe.

Hannibal Lecter

400

This Children’s Classic is set in a land where “it's always winter but never Christmas”

Chronicles of Narnia

400

This short story follows a superstitious schoolteacher who disappears by the end of the story, only leaving behind his hat and a shattered pumpkin

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

400

J.R.R. Tolken, known for the Lord of Rings books, also wrote what Christmas Novel?

Letters From Father Christmas

400

Which popular Stephen King book has this quote; “Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters.”

The Shining

400

This character is a possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury featured in a Stephen King novel

Christine

500

What is the original/actual name of the poem with the opening “Twas the Night Before Christmas”

A visit from Saint Nicholas

500

This classic novel written 1897 by Bram Stoker was inspired by the historical accounts of Vlad the Impaler as well as other European folklore

Dracula

500

This author is known for his Christmas Classic but also wrote the horror mystery story The Signal Man

Charles Dickens

500

Finish this quote in the Historical Fiction novel, The Book Thief: It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a ______ in their basement. Hint: It’s one of the most popular symbols of Christmas/ Winter.

snowman

500

Ichabod’s Crane rival and believed to be the identity of the Headless Horseman

Brom Bones

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