This popular object is a tradition that can be found in 35 million US households, though the artificial ones are more prevalent now.
What is a Christmas Tree?
In this classic carol, the singer tells of "a partridge in a pear tree."
What is The Twelve Days of Christmas?
This woman gave birth to Jesus as a virgin.
Who is Mary?
James Stewart plays George Bailey in this Christmas classic, directed by Frank Capra.
What is It's A Wonderful Life?
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of this world superpower on Christmas Day, 1991.
What is Soviet Union?
With variations of C7, C9, and LED, 150 million of these are sold in the US each year.
What are Christmas Lights?
Written by Irving Berlin, this song was famously performed by Bing Crosby and expresses a longing for snowy winter scenes and festive cheer.
What is White Christmas?
Mary went to this woman after being told of her pregnancy, she was carrying John the Baptist at the time.
Who is Elizabeth?
Endless Christmas movies roll for hours on this television channel, whose films are mostly made in British Columbia.
What is Hallmark?
This man who would later introduce the Laws of Gravity was born on Christmas Day, 1642.
Who is Isaac Newton?
These shiny, thin strips of material are often draped over Christmas trees to mimic icicles.
What is tinsel?
The tune for this famous carol was composed by Franz Xaver Gruber, but its lyrics were written by Joseph Mohr in 1816 in Austria, making it the world's most performed carol.
What is Silent Night?
He was the Roman Emperor who declared a Census during the time of Jesus’ birth.
Who is Caesar Augustus?
In this 1947 holiday classic, a department store Santa named Kris Kringle insists that he is the real Santa Claus, leading to a courtroom battle over his identity.
What is Miracle on 34th Street?
Andrew Johnson gave a full and unconditional pardon to the soldiers of this former nation on Christmas Day, 1868.
What is the Confederacy?
Traditionally placed above doorways, this plant is said to bring good luck to those who kiss underneath it.
What is mistletoe?
Which common Christmas Carol was written for Thanksgiving, not Christmas.
What is Jingle Bells?
Joseph settled his family in this region after their time in Egypt, fulfilling many Old Testament prophecies.
What is Nazareth?
This classic’s protagonist who is also the film’s namesake exclaims: “Isn’t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?”
What is A Charlie Brown Christmas?
Washington crossed this river in a surprise attack on enemy troops at Trenton, New Jersey on Christmas Day, 1776
What is the Delaware River?
A specific pattern of Christmas lights that blinks on and off in time to music is called this.
What is synchronized lighting?
This Christmas carol originally began as a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, written in 1863.
What is I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day?
This man waited for the Messiah and saw Jesus in the temple courts.
Who is Simeon?
This 1995 film featuring Sandra Bullock shows how saving someone from a train can lead to something much bigger.
What is While You Were Sleeping?
This man was coronated as the first Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day, 800.
Who is Charlemagne?