This magical household figure moves from room to room, helping Santa by making sure children are being good.
What is the Elf on a Shelf?
This giggling red monster was the hit of the holidays as the best-selling Christmas toy of 1996
What is Tickle Me Elmo?
Edible houses with candy decorations are made from this traditional baked substance.
What is gingerbread?
In the “Twelve Days of Christmas”, The singer’s true love gives them five of these shining pieces of jewelry on day five.
What are golden rings?
Will Ferrell played the oversized North Pole adoptee who sets off to find his father in this 2003 Christmas classic.
What is “Elf”?
This piece of clothing brought Frosty the Snowman to life.
What is his old silk hat?
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 “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, the carolers threaten to stay put until they receive this proper English dish.In “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, the carolers threaten to stay put until they receive this proper English dish.
What is figgy pudding?
Children leave this tasty treat for Santa on Christmas Eve.
What are milk and cookies?
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”?
Children who misbehave may find a lump of this black rock in their stockings on Christmas morning.
What is coal?
One in three men wait until this day to do their Christmas shopping.
What is Christmas Eve?
Consumers buy an estimated two million of these sugary Christmas loaves each year, a surprising amount for a dessert many people love to hate.
What is fruitcake?
These two items traditionally appear at the tops of Christmas trees.
What are stars and angels?
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 other reindeer would not let Rudolph join in any of these activities.
What are reindeer games?
The English also refer to Santa Claus by this proper-sounding name.
What is Father Christmas?
These classic Christmas sweets begin as striped loaves before a machine pulls and twists it into thin, hook-shaped treats.
What are candy canes?
More than 1.5 billion of these travel through the U.S. Postal Service every year.
What are Christmas cards?
Jim Carrey’s grumpy green gremlin lays siege to this town in the 2000 film “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
What is Whoville?
In Mexico, children break open these hanging papier mache sculptures to release the gifts inside.
What are pinatas?
This real-life department store served as the setting for the Christmas film “Miracle on 34th Street”.
What is Macy’s?What is Macy’s?
Christmas pies, served in many English-speaking countries, are also known by this more descriptive name, inspired by the blend of beef suet and fruit in the filling
What are mincemeat pies?
This is the true number of Santa’s reindeer in the Christmas poem T’was the Night Before Christmas.
What is eight? (Rudolph isn’t mentioned.)
In 1994’s “The Santa Clause,” Tim Allen’s character takes over as Santa after this accident kills the original Santa Clause.
What is falling off a roof?