New York and Georgia
Saints and Angels
Do You Hear What I Hear?
What Child is This?
You Call that a Christmas Gift?
100
Syracuse is said to have these on two out of every three years making it one of the highest percentages in the of large cities in the U.S. Bing Crosby may dream, but here its the reality.
A White Christmas
100
This angel came to Mary to tell her she would give birth to Jesus.
Gabriel
100
This is the sound Santa makes when he laughs
Ho, Ho, Ho!
100
On a flight to Paris, Catherine O'Hara as Kate McCallister remembers she left this child home alone.
Kevin!
100
The singer of a classic Christmas song wants this for Christmas, and "no crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses..."
A Hippopotamus
200
This Georgia-based product is credited by some as popularizing the modern image of Santa Claus as a jolly man in a red suit through its holiday advertisements?
Coca-Cola
200
In t’s a Wonderful Life, this angel helps George Bailey by showing him what life would be like if was never born
Clarence Odbody
200
These are the objects referred to by the lyric "Ring-a-ling, hear them ring, Soon it will be Christmas day"
Silver Bells
200
Hugo
200
Uncle Drosselmeyer gives this appliance / military figurine to his niece Clara in a classic ballet by the same name.
Nutcracker
300
What Upstate New York city is home to a popular annual holiday event called the "Dickens Christmas," where the town transforms into a Victorian winter wonderland?
Skaneateles
300
This saint created the first live Nativity display in 1223 to emphasize the humble circumstances of Jesus' birth.
Saint Francis of Assisi
300
In the song Joy to the World, these two things are said to sing.
Heaven and Nature
300
He asked this blessing "God bless us, everyone" in A Christmas Carol
Tiny Tim
300
In the Twelve Days of Christmas, a partridge in a pear tree is given on the first day. WHEN is the first day of Christmas?
December 25
400
This other Georgia-based product might be credited with popularizing the the image of elves as maintaining a goofy surveillance state.
Elf on the Shelf
400
The historical Saint Nicholas lived in what century?
3rd and/or 4th century AD (200's to 300's)
400
This 1994 hit was reported by Spotify in 2024 to be the first holiday song ever to break 2 billion plays on the platform
All I Want For Christmas is You
400
In Miracle on 34th Street, she surprises her skeptical mother by believing in Santa Claus after meeting Kris Kringle?
Susan Walker
400
The giving of this fitness equipment in a commercial sparked so much backlash, the company's stock dropped nearly $1.5 billion in market value within a week.
Pelaton (bike)
500
This town in Georgia claims to be the fruitcake capital of the world. It is also said to be home to the only instance of a meteorite hitting a mailbox.
Claxton
500
In The Preacher's Wife, what is the name of the angel played by Denzel Washington who is sent to help a preacher and his family, including his wife played by Whitney Houston?
Dudley
500
This was the first song ever broadcast from space, played by astronauts on the Gemini 6 mission on December 16, 1965
Jingle Bells
500
People wondered what this child was going to be like after his father was healed of being mute on the day the boy was named. (Clue: Luke 1)
John the Baptist
500
In the movie A Christmas Story, what embarrassing costume does Ralphie receive as a gift from his Aunt Clara?
Pink bunny suit
600
The coldest temperature recorded in Syracuse on Dec. 24 was in 1989. What was the low that day? The closest answer wins.
The low was minus 14, the high was 20 degrees.
600
Saint Lucia is commemorated in some traditions during the Advent season with people wearing candles on their heads. What town in Sicily is she said to have come from?
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Syracuse
600
At the end of the 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' the author says he heard Santa exclaim...
"Happy/Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"
600
Kind of like Jesus, an angel visited this child's parents before his was born announcing they would become pregnant. The angel instructed them to raise the boy as a Nazirite and said he would save Israel form the Philistines (Clue: Judges 13)
Samson
600
In "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," Father Christmas gives this to Lucy.
A dagger and a bottle of healing cordial