THE NORTH POLE
CHILDREN TRADITIONALLY LEAVE THESE ITEMS OUT FOR SANTA'S VISIT ON CHRISTMAS EVE
WHAT ARE MILK AND COOKIES?
ACCORDING TO LEGEND, THIS HOLIDAY GOODY WAS SHAPED TO RESEMBLE A SHEPHERD'S STAFF TO REMIND CHILDREN OF THE SHEPHERDS WHO VISITED THE BABY JESUS
WHAT IS THE CANDY CANE?
THESE WORDS FOLLOW THE LINE "ALL IS CALM" IN SILENT NIGHT
WHAT IS "ALL IS BRIGHT?"
WHAT IS BETHLEHEM?
THIS EXPRESSION IS USED TO WISH SOMEONE A "MERRY CHRISTMAS" IN HAWAIIAN AND WAS POPULARIZED BY THE BING CROSBY SONG OF THE SAME NAME
WHAT IS "MELE KALIKIMAKA?"
IN 1931 COCA-COLA WAS THE FIRST COMPANY TO EXECUTE A CHRISTMAS MARKETING CAMPAIGN USING THIS NORTH POLE RESIDENT IN THEIR ADVERTISING
WHO IS SANTA CLAUS?
THIS FESTIVE FLORA, WITH ITS RED AND GREEN FOLIAGE, IS NATIVE TO MEXICO
WHAT IS THE POINSETTIA?
IN THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS, THIS GIFT IS GIVEN ON DAY SEVEN
WHAT IS SEVEN SWANS A-SWIMMING?
THIS CHRISTMAS-THEMED BALLET PREMIERED IN SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA IN 1892
WHAT IS THE NUTCRACKER?
THIS HOLIDAY BEVERAGE, OFTEN SPIKED WITH RUM, ORIGINATED IN ENGLAND AND IS ALSO KNOWN AS "MILK PUNCH"
WHAT IS EGGNOG?
ONE OF SANTA'S REINDEER WHO SHARES HIS NAME WITH ANOTHER HOLIDAY'S ICONIC MASCOT
WHO IS CUPID?
A CHRISTMAS DECORATION ORIGINALLY MADE FROM STRANDS OF SHREDDED SILVER, ITS NAME IS FROM AN OLD FRENCH WORD MEANING "SPARKLE"
WHAT IS TINSEL?
IN "YOU'RE A MEAN ONE, MR. GRINCH," THE GRINCH IS DESCRIBED AS BEING AS CUDDLY AS THIS NATIVE SOUTHWESTERN PLANT AND AS CHARMING AS THIS SLITHERING UNDERWATER CREATURE
WHAT IS A CACTUS AND AN EEL?
THE TRADITION OF PUTTING UP A CHRISTMAS TREE (OR "TANNENBAUM") ORIGINATED IN THIS COUNTRY
WHAT IS GERMANY?
THIS NAME IS GIVEN TO THE SNOWMAN BUILT IN THE MEADOW BY THE LOVERS IN A WINTER WONDERLAND
WHAT IS PARSON BROWN?
IN THE CLASSIC 1964 MOVIE RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, HE IS RUDOLPH'S ELF FRIEND WHO WOULD RATHER BE A DENTIST
WHO IS HERMEY?
TRADITIONALLY CALLED STOLLEN IN GERMANY, THIS MUCH-REVILED CHRISTMAS EDIBLE IS KNOWN FOR ITS LONG SHELF LIFE
WHAT IS FRUITCAKE?
THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS HAS NAMED THIS SONG AS NOT ONLY THE BEST-SELLING CHRISTMAS SONG OF ALL TIME, BUT ALSO THE BEST-SELLING SINGLE GENERALLY OF ALL TIME, WITH AN ESTIMATED 50 MILLION COPIES SOLD
WHAT IS "WHITE CHRISTMAS?" (BING CROSBY)
ST. NICHOLAS OF MYRA (THE REAL-LIFE BISHOP ON WHOM SANTA CLAUS IS BASED) WAS BORN IN THIS MODERN-DAY COUNTRY DURING THE 4TH CENTURY A.D.
WHAT IS TURKEY?
UNTIL 2018, THIS FILM WAS LISTED AS THE HIGHEST-GROSSING CHRISTMAS MOVIE OF ALL TIME, RAKING IN A WHOPPING $476.6 MILLION WORLDWIDE
WHAT IS HOME ALONE?
THE NUMBER OF REINDEER IN THE POPULAR CHILDREN'S STORY TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
WHAT IS EIGHT?
(RUDOLPH WASN'T IN THE STORY)
THIS HOLIDAY DECORATION IS ACTUALLY A PARASITIC PLANT AND IS ALSO KNOWN TO BE AN APHRODISIAC
WHAT IS MISTLETOE?
THIS WELL-KNOWN TUNE, REQUESTED BY LUCY TO BE PLAYED ON SCHROEDER'S PIANO IN A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS, BECAME THE FIRST SONG EVER BROADCAST FROM SPACE IN 1965
WHAT IS "JINGLE BELLS?"
IN ITALY, THIS FIGURE, TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH AMERICAN HALLOWEEN TRADITION, DROPS GIFTS FOR CHILDREN THROUGH THE CHIMNEY AT CHRISTMAS
WHAT IS A WITCH?
IN CHARLES DICKENS' A CHRISTMAS CAROL, EBENEZER SCROOGE IS VISITED BY THIS NUMBER OF GHOSTS
WHAT IS FOUR?