That's A Christmas Movie
All due respect to Mr. Willis, but "now I have a machine gun ho-ho-ho"? & taking place during a holiday party? It's a Christmas movie!
Die Hard
This song heard often in December was once called "One Horse Open Sleigh" & was written for Thanksgiving
Jingle Bells
OK, everybody, we've all been instructed to do this "with boughs of holly"
deck the halls
On Jan. 20, 1969 this U.S. state capital experienced a near-record low of 52 degrees, which is not how winter works there
Honolulu
The "Parade of Wooden Soldiers" is a highlight of their "Christmas Spectacular" at Radio City Music Hall
The Rockettes
In this 2003 movie, we learned "They tried using gnomes & trolls, but the gnomes drank too much"
Elf
During the winter solstice each December, this spot on the Earth is tilted 23.4 degrees away from the Sun
the North Pole
We can always count on them--in "The Twelve Days Of Christmas", the "8 maids" are doing this
a-milking
Ho ho whoa! On Christmas in 2021, Santa could've worn shorts & a tank top in the 69-degree heat that baked this Ohio "Queen City"
Cincinnati
This Dr. Seuss animated special first aired on TV in December 1966
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Chevy Chase learned a metal plate in Cousin Eddie's head made him forget who he was for a bit after using a microwave in this comedy
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Not just self-adulation, but beauty & youth are associated with the name of this birth flower for December
a narcissus
Magically, with an "old silk hat they found", some kids placed it on his head & "he began to dance around"
Frosty
This city named for David & not Luther got less than .1" of the wet stuff during November 2024, part of the L.A. "rainy season"
Burbank
Natalie Wood was only 8 when she played the little Santa Clause skeptic in this classic film
Miracle on 34th Street
The tagline to this 1996 Christmas comedy with Arnold Schwarzenegger was "Two dads, one toy, no prisoners"
Jingle All the Way
The shammash, a "servant" candle, is used to light the other 8 on this candle holder seen in Jewish windows
a menorah
These 2 words,
these 2 words,
these 2 words,
then
"próspero año y felicidad"
Feliz Navidad
This Persian Gulf nation & 2022 World Cup host averages about 60º in February, so hitting 35 that month in 2017... brr
Qatar
A 2019 album celebrating Hanukkah featured such artists as Jack Black & this band of sisters--Este, Danielle & Alana
Haim
It's all in the cards in this movie: "Just because it's Christmas... (and at Christmas you tell the truth)... to me, you are perfect"
Love Actually
The most popular of the Roman festivals, this December celebration of much merrymaking was dedicated to the god of agriculture
Saturnalia
"She'd been drinkin' too much egg nog, & we'd begged her not to go" but unfortunately this happened anyway
Grandma got run over by a reindeer
This name precedes a station as well as dry valleys in Antarctica, where continental temps hit 70 degrees above average in Mar. 2022
McMurdo
This Russian-born composer counted "White Christmas" among his favorite songs that he wrote
Berlin