Hamming it Up
This drink is made with eggs, milk, sugar, and often spiced with nutmeg.
What is eggnog?
The "Invisibility Cloak" was the Christmas gift this fictional orphan received in his first year at an exclusive boarding school.
Who is Harry Potter?
This is the full name of Scrooge’s underpaid and overworked clerk, most famously portrayed by Kermit the Frog in "A Muppet Christmas Carol."
Who is Bob Cratchit?
This song declares to an unidentified infant, “All I want for Christmas is you, baby.”
What is "All I Want for Christmas Is You"?
These goodies were invented as a way to remind children of the shepherds who visited baby Jesus.
What are candy canes?
This snack is really worth its salt when strung around the Christmas tree.
What is popcorn?
This is the town that the Grinch tries to ruin Christmas for.
What is Whoville?
This was Ebeneezer Scrooge’s occupation.
What is moneylender?
In their ritual to awaken Frosty, this was the final ceremonial component that the children placed on him to inexorably bind his soul to the icy vessel they had fashioned.
What is "That old silk hat they found"?
This Grimm fairytale about a brother and sister was the beginning of the tradition of building gingerbread houses.
What is "Hansel and Gretel"?
Bakers often use this regal confection to decorate holiday shaped sugar cookies.
What is royal icing?
In the 1983 film, A Christmas Story, Ralphie has his sights set on this gift for Christmas.
What is a (Red Ryder) BB gun?
This is the final chilling sight the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge that convinces him to change.
What is Scrooge’s own grave?
Per the song "The 12 Days of Christmas," this is the day of Christmas on which I was first accosted by lords a-leaping.
In the UK, this is the name of the holiday tradition of pulling a small party favor that makes a popping sound.
What is a Christmas cracker?
This e-fish-ent dish, made of seven types of seafood, is an Italian-American Christmas Eve tradition.
What is the Feast of the Seven Fishes?
In the movie "Home Alone," this is the city to which Kevin's family is going on a vacation for Christmas.
Where is Paris?
This is the number of ghosts that visit Scrooge during the story.
What are four? (Jacob Marley and the three Christmas Spirits)
This is the best-selling Christmas song of all time worldwide.
What is "White Christmas"? (50 million copies sold vs. "All I Want For Christmas", 16 million copies sold)
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 Italy, this sweet bread loaf is a traditional Christmas treat.
What is panettone?
In Elf, Buddy says that these are the four main food groups for elves.
What are candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup?
The Ghost of Christmas Past appears at this time.
What is one o'clock?
In the song ‘Winter Wonderland,’ name one of the two things or people we pretend our snowman is.
What is "Parson Brown" or "a circus clown"?
Toys for Tots is run by the reserve force of this branch of the U.S. military.
What is the Marine Corps?