How it started
Holiday Classics
Sing-a-long


Christmas Media


Around the world
100

Which real-life person is Santa Claus based on?

The Christian bishop St. Nicholas


100

In Home Alone, where are the McCallisters going on vacation when they leave Kevin behind?

Paris

100

Which pop rock Christmas song appeared in the movie Mean Girls

Jingle Bell Rock

100

What was the first company that used Santa Clause in advertising?

Coca-Cola

100

In this country, the Christmas tree is placed in the middle of the room and families dance around it singing carols on Christmas eve

Denmark

200

Which country did the Christmas tree tradition of a pickle being hidden in a tree originate from?

Germany

200

How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol?

4 – Jacob Marley, Past, Present, and Future


200

What well-known Christmas carol became the first song ever broadcast from space in 1965?

Jingle Bells

200

Per a recent holiday fad, what “spy” hides around the house, reporting back to Santa on who has been naughty and nice?

Elf on the shelf


200

What country has the tradition of filling children’s clogs with candy and treats on December 5?

The Netherlands

300

What does the red stripe on a candy cane represent?

Jesus’ blood


300

 In the movie Elf, what was the first rule of The Code of Elves?

In the movie Elf, what was the first rule of The Code of Elves?

300

How many gifts in total were given in “the 12 days of christmass” song

364

300

Offering over 2,000 christmas cards. This company started distributing them in 1915, being the main provider of Christmas cards to date.

Hallmark

300

Which country has the tradition of a witch dropping gifts for children through the chimney at Christmas?

Italy

400

This holiday treat was originally given to choir boys to keep them quiet during services.

Candy Canes

400

In How The Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch was described with three words. What are they?

Stink, Stank, Stunk

400

What popular Christmas song was actually written for Thanksgiving?

Jingle Bells

 

400

Which holiday classic character was conceived by a department store as a marketing gimmick to get kids to buy books?

Rudolph


400

What is the name of the Austrian ghoulish Christmas creature that wanders the streets in search of badly behaved children?

Krampus

 

500

Which U.S. state was the first to declare Christmas an official holiday?

Oklahoma

500

Which scene in White Christmas wasn’t originally planned to be in the film?

Bing Crosby and Danny Kate singing, “Sisters”

500

Which Christmas song was banned in the 1950s because Boston Church leaders thought it promoted physical intimacy?

I saw mommy kissing santa clause

500

This popular Christmas greeting was originally seen as a taboo in Christmas marketing because it meant being slightly intoxicated

Merry

500

In what country do families hide their brooms on Christmas eve due the belief that evil spirits and witches awake for this one night and will use them to fly across the country

Norway

 

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