Christmas History
Santa Claus is based upon this real life saint
Saint Nicholas
The popular image of Santa Claus was first introduced into the mainstream from this story
"An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas" or "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"
It's A Wonderful Life
(And it's a very true quote. Love you all! Merry Christmas! <3)
The Christmas demon that punishes naughty children
Krampus
"There'll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago"
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
This is the time of year Jesus was MOST LIKELY born in due to context clues in the Bible
Spring
Nutcrackers became associated with Christmas through this
"The Nutcracker" ballet
The number of adaptations of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (50 Bonus points for year of release of each.)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
The Grinch (2018)
The names of Santa's reindeer
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen
"Liz I'm feelin' the Christmas spirit"
We Wish You the Merriest (Seth Mcfarlene and Liz Gillies only)
This individual is responsible for inventing our modern version of Christmas
Charles Dickens
Christmas lights were invented to replace these types of objects often used to decorate trees
Candles
This director directed both A Christmas Story and Black Christmas
Bob Clark
The name of the first ghost who visits Scrooge
Jacob Marley
"And the sun is red, like a pumpkin red, it's shining so your nose won't freeze."
A Marshmallow World
Yule, one of the holidays that inspired Christmas, is a celebration of
The winter solstice
Trees, garland, wreaths, and other greenery are used as Christmas decoration to symbolize
The optomism of the returning warmer weather in the spring and summmer months
The number of lights on Clark Griswald's house
25,000
Why was Rudolph invented?
Promotion for the Montgomery Ward Department Store
"Oh morning stars together, proclaim thy holy birth."
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Christmas was inspired off of this ancient Roman holiday
Saturnalia
Christmas Trees originated from this country
Germany
The actor who voiced The Grinch in the original 1966 cartoon
Boris Karloff (The actor who portrayed the original Frankenstein Monster as well as numerous other horror icons)
The amount of brothers The Ghost of Christmas Present has
1,842
"Therefore Christian men be sure, wealth or rank possessing, ye who will now bless the poor, shall yourselves find blessing"
Good King Wenceslas