CHRISTMAS MOVIES
THE GRISWOLD FAMILY
WHAT IS NATIONAL LAMPOONS CHRISTMAS VACATION
THIS LOCALE'S TRADITION IS TO GATHER AROUND THE KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN
JAPAN
THIS SONG TELLS THE STORY OF A WONDERFUL CHARACTER WHO COMES TO LIFE TO PLAY WITH THE CHILDREN WHO BUILT HIM
FROSTY THE SNOWMAN
ENGLISH
SANTA CLAUS / FATHER CHRISTMAS
A BELLY LIKE A BOWL FULL OF JELLY
SANTA CLAUS
STOP MOTION MAESTROS TIM BURTON AND HENRY SELICK CREATE THIS MOVIE THAT MIGHT BE A MORE NATURAL FIT FOR HALLOWEEN
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THE CHILDREN HERE PUT A WOODEN SHOE BY THE CHIMNEY OR BACK DOOR IN THE HOPES OF FINDING A TREAT IN THE MORNING
THE NETHERLANDS
IRVING BERLIN'S FAMOUS SONG FROM THE MOVIE HOLIDAY INN
WHITE CHRISTMAS
AMERICAN ENGLISH
KRIS KRINGLE
THIS PARASITIC PLANT IS OFTEN SEEN AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME
MISTLETOE
YIPEE KI-YAY, MOTHERFU__ER!
DIE HARD
THESE CHILDREN CREATE A GOOD AND BAD LIST OF THEIR DEEDS, WORRYING ABOUT WHAT KRAMPUS MIGHT BRING THEM.
AUSTRIA
THIS FUN SONG DESCRIBES THE GIFTS GIVEN UP TO THE DAY OF CHRISTMAS.
TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
FRENCH
PERE NOEL / PAPA NOEL
HISTORICALLY KNOWN AS MILK PUNCH, THIS RICH, CHILLED, DAIRY-BASED BEVERAGE IS CAN BE SERVED WITH OR WITHOUT ALCOHOL.
EGGNOG
DON'T BE A COTTON-HEADED NINNY MUGGINS!
ELF
THIS COUNTRY PUTS ON PASTORELAS (SHEPHERD'S PLAYS) TO RETELL THE CHRISTMAS STORY
MEXICO
WRITTEN BY JOSEPH MOHR, AN AUSTRIAN PRIEST IN THE ALPINE VILLAGE OF OBERNDORF ON CHRISTMAS EVE 1816.
SILENT NIGHT
DUTCH
SINTERKLASS
NEW EVIDENCE SUGGESTS HIS BIRTH OCCURRED IN SEPTEMBER DURING ROSH HASHANAH.
JESUS
BE CAREFUL OR FRANK CROSS MAY JUST NAIL YOU TO A CROSS.
SCROOGED
THIS COUNTRY PREPARES KUTYA, COOKED WHEAT MIXED WITH HONEY, GROUND POPPY SEEDS AND SOMETIMES NUTS. IF IT STICKS TO THE CEILING THEN ITS GOING TO BE A GOOD HARVEST IN THE NEW YEAR.
UKRAINE
THIS SONG WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR THANKSGIVING BUT IS NOW A POPULAR CHRISTMAS CAROL
JINGLE BELLS
SPANISH
PAPA NOEL / SANTA CLOS / SANTA CLO / SANTA
THE LEGEND OF HOW THIS ITEMS TRADITION BEGAN STARTED WITH AN IMPOVERISHED MAN AND HIS THREE DAUGHTERS HOSIERY.
STOCKINGS