historical christmas
In “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, the carolers threaten to stay put until they receive this proper English dish.
Edible houses with candy decorations are made from this traditional baked substance.
What is "Gingerbread"?
This familiar sleighing song was the first Earth tune played in outer space.
What is "Jingle Bells"?
The site of a yearly Thanksgiving parade where Santa ends the parade
New York City
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?
This is the family name of Tiny Tim and his father Bob in Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol.”
What is Cratchit?
This type of calendar contains pockets filled with treats, one for each day of December through Christmas Day.
In The Twelve Days of Christmas, lords a-leaping appear in this quantity.
What is ten?
More than 1.5 billion of these travel through the U.S. Postal Service every year.
What are Christmas cards?
Will Ferrell played the oversized North Pole adoptee who sets off to find his father in this 2003 Christmas classic.
What is "Elf"?
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 the classic stop-motion animation Christmas special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” Hermie the Elf would rather be this as an occupation.
What is a dentist?
In “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” Grandma had been drinking too much of this festive holiday beverage.
What is eggnog?
It is Hawaii’s way to say, “Merry Christmas to you.”
What is “Mele kalikimaka”?
This 2004 animated Christmas feature was an adaptation of an illustrated storybook by Chris Van Allsburg, the same author who created “Jumanji.”
In Germany, this frightening anti-Santa Claus with goat’s hooves and horns punishes children who misbehave instead of bringing them gifts.
Who is Krampus?
One in three men wait until this day to do their Christmas shopping.
What is Christmas Eve?
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"?
The tradition of using a decorated tree as a symbol of Christmas began in this European country.
What is Germany?
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"?
This tradition, now associated with Christmas, began in Ancient Greece as a blessing of fertility in wedding ceremonies.
What is kissing under the mistletoe?
This giggling red monster was the hit of the holidays as the best-selling Christmas toy of 1996.
What is Tickle Me Elmo?
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 instrumental Christmastime theme from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite was also used in early versions of the video game Tetris.
What is the dance of the sugar plum fairy?
This is the true number of Santa’s reindeer in the Christmas poem T’was the Night Before Christmas.