Christmas Books
This well known book begins with Jo March complaining that "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents".
What is Little Women?
This beverage giant was the first company to use Santa Claus in an advertising campaign.
What is Coca-Cola?
The English also refer to Santa Claus by this proper-sounding name.
What is Father Christmas?
In the classic Christmas special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” Hermie the Elf would rather be this as an occupation.
What is a dentist?
Edible houses with candy decorations are made from this traditional baked substance.
What is gingerbread?
Chris Van Allsburg brought us this beautifully illustrated story of a young boy's train journey to the North Pole.
What is The Polar Express?
Santa keeps these two lists to track which children get presents and which get coal.
What are the Naughty and Nice lists?
It is Hawaii’s way to say, “Merry Christmas to you.”
What is “Mele kalikimaka”?
In “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” this character recites the Bible passage detailing the angel appearing to shepherds in the fields.
Who is Linus?
In “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, the carolers threaten to stay put until they receive this proper English dish.
What is figgy pudding?
In "The Sweetest Christmas," Pooh receives this same gift from each of his friends.
What is a jar of honey?
This office of the U.S. Armed Services tracks Santa’s voyage around the world on Christmas Eve.
What is NORAD?
A witch drops presents down chimneys in this European country’s Christmas traditions.
What is Italy?
The number of lights on the Griswold house in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.”
What is 25,000?
Christmas pies, served in many English-speaking countries, are also known by this more descriptive name, inspired by the blend of beef suet and fruit in the filling.
What are mincemeat pies?
In "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", the Grinch dressed up as Santy Claus. But, "since reindeer are scarce, there was none to be found" so what did he do?
He dressed up his dog, Max, as a reindeer.
At Christmastime, Santa rings a bell in front of grocery stores and collects money in red kettles for this charitable organization.
What is the Salvation Army?
In Germany, this frightening anti-Santa Claus with goat’s hooves and horns punishes children who misbehave instead of bringing them gifts.
Who (or what) is Krampus?
This is the family name of Tiny Tim and his father Bob in Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol.”
What is Cratchit?
Consumers buy an estimated two million of these sugary Christmas loaves each year, a surprising amount for a dessert many people love to hate.
What is fruitcake?
Father Christmas himself appears in which book, where he meets Peter, Susan and Lucy in a world made permanent winter by a White Witch.
What is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?
The name “Santa Claus” appears in the Christmas poem “T’was the Night Before Christmas” this number of times.
What is zero?
This holiday, observed in the U.K. on the day after Christmas, originated as a way for the rich to give their servants boxes of items to share with their families.
What is Boxing Day?
These are the four major food groups for elves in the Christmas film “Elf”.
What are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?
The smooth, candy-like hard frosting used to decorate sugar cookies goes by this regal name.
What is royal icing?