Holiday Movies
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?
The tradition of using a decorated tree as a symbol of Christmas began in this European country.
What is Germany?
The color of Elvis’s suede shoes, as well as the Christmas he will have without you
What is blue?
In Germany, this frightening anti-Santa Claus with goat’s hooves and horns punishes children who misbehave instead of bringing them gifts.
What is Krampus?
The Hannukah candles are lit in this direction.
What is left to right?
There is an ongoing debate online about whether this action flick starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman is actually a Christmas film.
What is "Die hard"?
The Rockefeller Christmas tree has been a tradition since this year.
What is 1933?
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?
The Rockettes perform their Christmas Spectacular, high kicks and all, in this famous New York theater.
What is Radio City Music Hall?
This traditional Hannukkah dish is fried in oil to symbolize the oil miracle.
What are Latkes, or potato pancakes?
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?
It takes this many years for a pine tree to grow to an acceptable Christmas tree height.
What is 15?
Spotify has a playlist featuring 100 different versions of this holiday bop, which was originally written and recorded by 1980s Brit Pop duo Wham!
What is "Last Christmas"?
This tradition, now associated with Christmas, began in Ancient Greece as a blessing of fertility in wedding ceremonies.
What is kissing under the mistletoe?
Eating this food group is a symbolic reminder of the bravery and resourcefulness of Judith, a Jewish heroine.
What is dairy?
The actor who plays long-suffering Clark Griswold in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is this original SNL cast member.
Who is Chevy Chase?
The largest Christmas tree in the world with a base of 450 meters and a height of 750 meters has been lit by Pope Francis and resides in this European country.
What is Italy?
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?
La Befana, translated to "the witch", rides around on a broom and drops presents down chimneys in this European country’s Christmas traditions.
What is Italy?
Kwanza was first celebrated in this US state.
What is California?
Rather than dining on turkey, the Whos in Whoville in Dr. Seuss’s Christmas classic “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” enjoy this descriptively named main dish.
What is roast beast?
Ukrainians use this peculiar decoration, rooted in a heartwarming folktale about a poor widow who found a Christmas tree for her children, to decorate their Christmas trees.
What are spider webs?
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"?
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?
The word "Kwanzaa" translates to this phrase.
What is first fruits?