Questions for Students
Q: This magical household figure moves from room to room, helping Santa by making sure children are being good.
What is the Elf on a Shelf?
This tradition, now associated with Christmas, began in Ancient Greece as a blessing of fertility in wedding ceremonies.
What is kissing under the mistletoe?
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” with every one of these.
What is “Christmas card I write”?
In “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” Grandma had been drinking too much of this festive holiday beverage.
What is eggnog?
Will Ferrell played the oversized North Pole adoptee who sets off to find his father in this 2003 Christmas classic.
What is elf?
This piece of clothing brought Frosty the Snowman to life.
What is his old silk hat?
This giggling red monster was the hit of the holidays as the best-selling Christmas toy of 1996.
What is Tickle Me Elmo?
There were no creatures stirring on the night before Christmas, not even one of these.
What is a mouse?
This catch 1994 Christmas tune is the best-selling Christmas single ever recorded by a female artist, as well as being one of the highest-selling singles in music history.
What is “All I Want for Christmas is You”?
The role of Ebenezer Scrooch in 1992’s “A Muppet Christmas Carol” featured this two-time Academy Award-winning British actor.
Who is Michael Caine?
Children who misbehave may find a lump of this black rock in their stockings on Christmas morning.
What is coal?
It takes this many years for a pine tree to grow to an acceptable Christmas tree height.
What is 15?
This mythical winter sprite is nipping at your nose in “The Christmas Song.”
Who is Jack Frost?
In his original 1943 recording of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”, Bing Crosby crooned, “Christmas Eve will find me…” here.
What is where the love light gleams?
This 2004 animated Christmas feature was an adaptation of an illustrated storybook by Chris Van Allsburg, the same author who created “Jumanji.”
What is the polar express?
The other reindeer would not let Rudolph join in any of these activities.
What are reindeer games?
One in three men wait until this day to do their Christmas shopping.
What is Christmas Eve?
You can get your Christmas card postmarked not at the North Pole, but at the city called North Pole, located in this, the largest U.S. state.
What is Alaska?
In “A Holly, Jolly Christmas,” singer Burl Ives suggests that you say hello to these two classifications of people.
What are folks you know and everyone you meet?
In the 1983 holiday favorite “A Christmas Story,” Ralphie’s father wins a lamp shaped like this body part as a runner-up prize from a newspaper contest.
What is a woman’s leg?
These three words are what best describe the Grinch, “and I quote.”
What are stink, stank, and stunk?
It is Hawaii’s way to say, “Merry Christmas to you.”
What is “Mele kalikimaka”?
The wise men brought these three gifts for the baby Jesus, not the most useful items to give a newborn.
What are gold, frankincense, and myrrh?
It may sound like a composition from the Middle Ages, but this classic Christmas hymn appeared in 1843 and made its debut in 1847.
What is “O Holy Night”?
Jim Carrey’s grumpy green gremlin lays siege to this town in the 2000 film “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
What is Whoville?