Christmas Facts
This red-and-white candy was originally shaped like a shepherd’s staff
What is a candy cane?
This singer is known as the “Queen of Christmas.”
Who is Mariah Carey?
This wedding opens the movie and sets up the Corleone family.
What is Connie Corleone’s wedding?
This character orders the murder of his own brother.
Who is Michael Corleone?
This Corleone family gathering takes place during the Christmas season in The Godfather Part II.
What is the Corleone family Christmas party?
This holiday was made a U.S. federal holiday in 1870.
What is Christmas?
This instrument accompanied the first performance of “Silent Night.”?
What is a Guitar?
This character delivers the line, “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
Who is Vito Corleone?
This Jewish gangster and business partner is played by Lee Strasberg.
Who is Hyman Roth?
This character insists nothing happen to Fredo until after their mother dies—even during the holidays.
Who is Michael Corleone?
These 12 days traditionally begin on December 25
What are the Twelve Days of Christmas?
This holiday song was originally written for Thanksgiving.
What is “Jingle Bells”?
This character wakes up next to a horse’s head.
Who is Jack Woltz?
This holiday provides the backdrop for Michael’s final confrontation with Fredo.
What is New Year’s Eve?
Michael realizes his brother betrayed him during this holiday celebration in Havana.
What is New Year’s Eve?
This English author wrote A Christmas Carol in just six weeks
Who is Charles Dickens?
Silent Night” was first performed in this country in 1818.
What is Austria?
This orange-coloured fruit often foreshadows violence in the film.
What are oranges?
This Caribbean nation hosts Hyman Roth’s business interests.
What is Cuba?
This infamous kiss given by Michael reveals Fredo’s betrayal.
What is the “kiss of death”?
In Norway, people hide these on Christmas Eve to ward off evil spirits
What are brooms?
This Christmas song was banned by the BBC for being “too morbid"
What is a “Fairytale of New York”?
This composer wrote the film’s unforgettable theme music.
Who is Nino Rota?
This lake is where Fredo is killed.
What is Lake Tahoe?
This line, spoken at a holiday party, seals Fredo’s fate.
What is “I know it was you, Fredo”?