International Yuletide
Thanks to smart marketing, many in Japan celebrate Kentucky Christmas eating this for dinner
Chicken
He's "the most famous reindeer of all", but he's bullied horribly & only loved after bailing everyone out on Christmas Eve
Rudolph
In 2018 Benedict Cumberbatch voiced this Seussian title guy who wasn't as into Christmas as the Whos were
The Grinch
You're looking for the dress this woman wore as she wed Prince William? Talk about one of a kind--that cost $434,000!
Kate Middelton
On Christmas Day, 1991, he announced his resignation as Soviet leader, and wished everyone the best
Gorbachev
Buche de Noel is a chocolate sponge cake resembling a yule this
Log
This title daredevil lives to the max! Though the Sun can kill him, he sings, "Let's run & we'll have some fun now before I melt away"
Frosty the Snowman
Alastair Sim is among those who have played this Dickensian man but unlike Michael Caine, did so without Muppets
Scrooge
A $200,000 horse of this breed from the American Stud Book--how kind, especially with the $50,000 annual upkeep thrown in
A Thoroughbred
On Christmas 1492 this flagship of Christopher Columbus ran aground off Haiti
The Santa Maria
This is a Christmas staple in Latin America, although some in Central America use banana leaves instead of corn husks
Tamales
"Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" is by this "Take Me Home, Country Roads" singer
John Denver
Basically, this heartwarming Frank Capra classic is about a disgraced financier having an incredibly rough Christmas Eve
It's A Wonderful Life
I can't believe you bought me this NHL team that had players like Guy Carbonneau, Guy Lapointe & Guy Lafleur... merci!
The Canadiens
Hallelujah! This Handel oratorio had its first complete performance in the U.S. on Dec. 25, 1818 in Boston
Messiah
In Britain, the alliterative "Christmas" this is not a baked good, but a party favor that pops when you pull it open
A Cracker
You don't think of Christmas tunes as black market body part movers, but "All I Want For Christmas Is" this pair of choppers
my two front teeth
In this film Santa tells Buddy there are 30 Ray's Pizzas in NYC; "They all claim to be the original, but the real one's on 11th"
Elf
This indoor bike-making co. had a market value of $31 billion in 2021, so don't go crazy--just 50% of it would be enough for anyone
Peloton
Christmas island in this ocean received its name on Christmas Day 1643
Indian Ocean
In the Bahamas, everyone dances in the streets for the Junkanoo celebrations on New Year's & this December 26 holiday
Boxing Day
A police report would later reveal this title relative "had hoof prints on her forehead & incriminating Claus marks on her back"
Grandma
2 memorable bits from this 1983 classic: the leg lamp & "You'll shoot your eye out!"
A Christmas Story
An ancient sculpture of an athlete about to throw this should arrive by Christmas --Myron's original is lost, so it's just a copy
Discus
After suffering a stroke, this French explorer died on Christmas 1635 in Quebec
Samuel de Champlain