folktales
According to Christmas stories, this place is where Santa and his helpers make toys
What is the North Pole?
This sweet holiday treat is shaped like a hook and is named after a walking stick.
What is a candy cane?
This tradition involves decorating an evergreen tree with lights and ornaments.
This song tells the story of a snowman who comes to life when children build him.
What is “Frosty the Snowman”?
Christmas celebrates the birth of this central figure in Christianity.
Who is Jesus?
This legendary gift-giver was inspired by a real person who helped the poor long ago
Who is St. Nicholas?
This sweet drink is often served warm and is made with milk, sugar, and eggs.
What is eggnog?
This holiday tradition involves opening one small gift or door each day before Christmas
What is an Advent calendar?
This song mentions “partridges in a pear tree” as part of a gift-giving countdown.
What is “The Twelve Days of Christmas”?
People send these to family and friends during the Christmas season with holiday messages.
What are christmas cards?
In this poem, Santa is described as “right jolly, old elf” on Christmas Eve.
What is “The Night Before Christmas”?
This Christmas dessert is packed with dried fruit and is sometimes aged before being eaten.
What is fruit cake?
This custom involves singing festive songs outdoors, often door to door, to spread holiday cheer.
What is caroling?
This song famously repeats the phrase “Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.”
What is “Deck the Halls”?
In many countries, children leave these by the fireplace for Santa to fill.
What are stockings?
This character in A Christmas Carol learns to be kind after visits from three spirits
Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
In The Night Before Christmas, children hope this treat will be left by the chimney for Santa.
What is cookies (and milk)?
This evergreen decoration, often shaped like a circle, is hung on doors as a symbol of the season.
What is a Christmas wreath?
Written by Johnny Marks in 1949, this song tells of a misfit reindeer who finds his unique role guiding Santa’s sleigh.
What is “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”?
This saint, known for secretly giving gifts to the poor, inspired the modern-day Santa Claus.
Who is “Saint Nicholas“?
This Christmas tale began as a book and is now famous for the line “Bah, humbug!”
What is “A Christmas Carol”?
This holiday bread or cake can be shaped like a ring or log and is eaten in many countries at Christmas.
What is a “yule log”?
In many European countries, children follow this tradition on the night before December 6th, placing a certain item by the door or window in hopes of receiving small gifts or candy from a saintly visitor.
What is putting out their shoes (for St. Nicholas)?
This song, written during World War II, became a symbol of hope and peace, mentioning “Yuletide greetings” and “friends you’ve never met.”
What is “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”?
This German invention of the 1800s became popular worldwide and is still used to decorate Christmas trees today.
What are glass ornaments?