Christmas Classics
What is the name of the Christmas Classic where an old man is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve
A Christmas Carol
This famous short story is a metaphor for guilt.
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
This author is known for horror novels like It, The Shining, and Carrie
Stephen King
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
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)
This tragic fairytale follows a young girl selling matches
The Little Match Girl
The classic short story symbolizes fate, greed, and the dangers of trying to change what is meant to be.
The Monkey's Paw
This author popularized the subgenre of horror, called cosmic horror / eldritch horror
H.P. Lovecraft
Finish the quote: “Twas the Night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a ______.
Mouse
The overworked and underpaid clerk of Ebenezer Scrooge
Bob Cratchit (From A Christmas Carol)
This story follows a young couple who make great sacrifices to buy each other Christmas gifts.
The Gift of the Magi by O.Henry
This famous haunted house story is nicknamed as a “ghost story without the ghost”!
The Haunting of Hill House
This American Retailer created the Character of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer
Robert L. May
Finish this quote: “You may live to see ______ horrors beyond your comprehension.”
Man-made
This character from a classic book is often depicted wearing a mask covering only their mouth and nose to keep people safe.
Hannibal Lecter
This Children’s Classic is set in a land where “it's always winter but never Christmas”
Chronicles of Narnia
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
J.R.R. Tolken, known for the Lord of Rings books, also wrote what Christmas Novel?
Letters From Father Christmas
Which popular Stephen King book has this quote; “Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters.”
The Shining
This character is a possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury featured in a Stephen King novel
Christine
What is the original/actual name of the poem with the opening “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
A visit from Saint Nicholas
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
This author is known for his Christmas Classic but also wrote the horror mystery story The Signal Man
Charles Dickens
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
Ichabod’s Crane rival and believed to be the identity of the Headless Horseman
Brom Bones