Christmas
Movies
Movies
This famous Tim Burton film is both a halloween and Christmas movie
What is the Nightmare before Christmas
This is one of the most popular Christmas song with bells
What is “Jingle Bells”
___ was originally put on the tops of Christmas trees
What is an angel
___ many home fires are caused by Christmas trees per year
What is 140-200 homes
___ is the average chain store Christmas discount
What is 30%
Buddy the elf in the movie Elf put ___ on syrup everything
bonus if you can state when Elf the movie released
What is Maple syrup, and the movie was released on November 7, 2003
The most played Christmas song
bonus if you can name the second most popular song
What is Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You”, but the second most popular Christmas song is “Wham!” By George Micheal and Andrew Ridgeley
The first Christian celebration of Christmas was in city of ___
bonus if you can state where the Christmas holiday originated?
What is Rome, and the closest to the modern day Christmas holiday is Germany
___ many people are sent to the ER on average during Christmas
bonus if you can state the most common way people end up in the ER on Christmas
What is 17,000+ people, with most common Christmas injuries being alcohol related, then falling, then disease
___ is the average amount of money one American spend on Christmas presents per year
bonus if you state how much money is spend on alcohol every Christmas
What is $700, with $200 dollars on average spent on alcohol
Jim Carrey’s grinch was released in the year ___
What is 2000
This song was banned by the catholic church for years due to its call against slavery
What is “O Holy Night”
This Christmas project took a massive boom in the 1960-70s due to the rise in DIY projects and Vietnam War
What is ceramic Christmas trees
This animal is most often hit by cars on Christmas
What is Deer
One American eats about ___ calories on average during Christmas
What is 6,000-7,000
The stop motion Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, released in 1964, is only ___ long
What is 55 minutes
“Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht” is the first even known ”Silent Night” song, originally from ___
What is Germany
This country made a ballet that popularized the nutcracker as a Christmas icon
What is German
This is the only holiday that beats Christmas on number of vehicle crashes
What is Memorial Day
___ percent of Americans have to work on Christmas day
What is 9.2%
Frosty the Snowman first appear on television in this year
bonus if you know what channel the film was first aired
What is December 7, 1969, first aired on CBS
This orchestra makes many popular instrumental Christmas songs
bonus if you can name of one of their three most iconic songs
What is The Trans-Siberian Orchestra, best remebered by their songs “Carol of Bells”, “Christmas eve”, and “This Christmas Day”
Tree farmers spray on the bottom of their trees to deter people from chopping them for Christmas trees
bonus if you can state why it worked
What is fox urine, fox urine is very concentrated and pretty much impossible to remove from fabric
___ is the average amount of deaths in the two weeks before and after Christmas per year
bonus if you can name the top two reasons why
What is 4,000, most often due to car crash fatalities and cardiac failure
___ percent of Americans celebrate the christmas holiday
bonus if you can state the percent of America that celebrates Christmas-like holidays
what is 88%, and 94% of America celebrates a Christmas-like holiday