Christmas Traditions
This magical household figure moves from room to room, helping Santa by making sure children are being good.
What is an Elf on the Shelf?
This mythical winter sprite is nipping at your nose in “The Christmas Song.”
Who is Jack Frost?
The tradition of using a decorated tree as a symbol of Christmas began in this European country.
What is Germany?
In Germany, this frightening anti-Santa Claus with goat’s hooves and horns punishes children who misbehave instead of bringing them gifts.
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 beef?
Children who misbehave may find a lump of this black rock in their stockings on Christmas morning.
In The Twelve Days of Christmas, lords a-leaping appear in this quantity.
What is 10?
Saint Nicholas was originally this before he became known as Santa Claus.
Saint Nicholas was a Monk
It is Hawaii’s way to say, “Merry Christmas to you.”
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 Mexico, children break open these hanging paper machine sculptures to release the gifts inside.
In “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” Grandma had been drinking too much of this festive holiday beverage.
What is eggnog?
The most covered Christmas song of all time.
Silent Night
At Christmastime, Santa rings a bell in front of grocery stores and collects money in red kettles for this charitable organi
Which Hollywood actor played six different roles in The Polar Express?
Who is Tom Hanks?
The name of a famous Russian ballet about Christmas.
What is The Nutcracker?
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”?
What holiday shopping day saw total sales increase by 362 percent from 2015 to 2019?
What is Cyber Monday?
In which modern-day country was St. Nicholas born in?
Where is Turkey?
What's the name of the main villain in The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Who is the Oogie Boogie?
This tradition, now associated with Christmas, began in Ancient Greece as a blessing of fertility in wedding ceremonies.
What is kissing under the mistletoe?
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?
How many pieces of holiday mail and packages will the U.S. Postal Service deliver each day this year between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day?
What is 70 million?
This Reindeer is Rudolph's father
Who is Donner?
In the film Elf, what is the main character Buddy's favorite type of pasta?
What is spaghetti?
What is hung on fireplaces?
Stocking
This ex-Beatle wrote and recorded “Wonderful Christmastime” in 1980 for his second solo album.
Who is Paul McCartney?
Name the animatronic cassette-playing bear toy that every kid wanted for Christmas in the mid-1980s.
What is a Teddy Ruxpin?
The song “Jingle Bells” was originally written to celebrate what holiday?
What is thanksgivin?
What is the name of the dog in How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
Who is max?
What country has a tradition of eating KFC on Christmas day?
Where is Japan?
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” features a Christmas song composed especially for the show, with lyrics written on the back on an envelope in ten minutes by the show’s producer.
What is “Christmas Time is Here”?
Which of the four presidents on Mt. Rushmore is rumored to have had his own recipe for eggnog?
Who is George Washington?
What bad guy did Rudolph have to avoid?
Who is the Abominable Snowman?
In what movie is one of the characters rushing to get her hands on canned hickory honey ham?
What is Christmas with the Kranks?
This dark fairy tale about a brother, a sister, and a witch they meet in the woods, was the inspiration for gingerbread houses.
What is Hansel and Gretel?
In “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, the carolers threaten to stay put until they receive this proper English dish.
What is figgy pudding?
Which American pop singer spent her early years growing up on a Christmas tree farm run by her parents?
Who is Taylor Swift?
What environmentalist U.S. president banned Christmas trees at the White House?
Who is president Theodore Roosevelt?
What is the name of the doe that Rudolph likes in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
Who is Clarice?
The English also refer to Santa Claus by this proper-sounding name.
What is Father Christmas?
What does Alvin the Chipmunk want in “The Chipmunk Song?”
What is a hula hoop?
What famous author gave us the line that Christmas “doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!”?
Who is Dr.Seuss?
What holiday movie sequel includes a cameo by Donald Trump?
What is Home Alone 2?
What movie does a little boy run after his love in the airport?
What is “Love Actually“?
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?
How many gifts did the singer receive in “12 days of Christmas?”
What is 364?
In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, what is Scrooge’s first name?
Who is Ebenezer?
How many wise men were there?
What is 3?
The Grinch's heart is said to be how many sizes too small?
What is 2?
Who wrote the famous book "A Christmas Carol"?
Who is Charles Dickens?
In the song “Mr. Grinch,” what is his brain full of?
How do you say Merry Christmas in Spanish?
what is Feliz Navidad?
What famous Christian reformer is credited with being the first person to put lights on a Christmas tree?
Who is Martin Luther?
In the movie Elf, what is the first rule of the code of elves?
What is treat every day like Christmas?