Holiday Hits & Misses
This Mariah Carey classic returns to the Billboard Hot 100 every December.
What is All I want for Christmas is You?
Kevin McCallister sets traps for burglars Harry and Marv in this 1990 film.
What is Home Alone?
According to tradition, Santa lives at this geographic location.
What is the North Pole?
In this country, people celebrate Christmas with KFC fried chicken dinners.
What is Japan?
In the classic holiday movie A Christmas Story, Ralphie wants this gift more than anything.
What is a Red Ryder BB gun?
Bing Crosby's best-selling single of all time, with over 50 million copies sold.
What is White Christmas?
This 2003 comedy features Buddy discovering he's not link the other elves.
What is Elf?
This reindeer has a shiny red nose that guides Santa's sleigh.
Who is Rudolph?
Canada and the United Kingdom both celebrate this holiday the day after Christmas.
What is Boxing Day?
This 12-day period officially begins on December 25th and ends in early Janurary.
What are The Twelve Days of Christmas?
"Last Christmas, I gave you my heart" is by this 1980s pop duo.
Who is Wham!?
In Love Actually, this actor plays the dancing British Prime Minister.
Who is Hugh Grant?
The modern red-and-white Santa design was popularized by ads from this soda company.
What is Coca-Cola?
In this country, children are said to be visited by 13 prankster figures known as these.
What are the Yule Lads?
In the song Frosty the Snowman, Frosty comes to life thanks to this magical item.
What is a hat?
Brenda Lee recorded this holiday hit at age 13 - it finally hit #1 on Billboard in 2023.
What is Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree?
In The Santa Clause, Tim Allen accidentally becomes Santa after this happens to the original one.
What is he the falls off the roof?
NORAD's Santa Tracker started in 1955 due to a type in this type of ad.
What is a Sears phone ad?
In the Philippines, the world's longest Christmas season begins in this month.
What is September?
This song, recorded in 1958 by a fictional cartoon chipmunk trio, won a Grammy for Best Children's Recording.
What is The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)?
In National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Clark Griswold dreams of building this with his bonus check?
What is a swimming pool?
St. Nicholas, the real-life inspiration for Santa, was born in this modern-day country.
What is Turkey?
In Ukraine, it's considered good luck to find this spooky decoration on a Christmas tree.
What is a spider or a spider web?