Christmas Movies
In this 1990 Christmas movie, 8-year old Kevin McCallister is accidentally left home alone.
What is Home Alone?
This song features a snowman who comes to life thanks to a magical hat.
What is Frosty the Snowman?
This jolly figure travels in a sleigh pulled by reindeer to deliver presents on Christmas Eve.
Who is Santa Claus?
Christmas Day is celebrated annually on this date.
What is December 25?
In this country, children traditionally leave shoes out for St. Nicholas to fill with treats in early December.
What is the Netherlands?
In Elf, Buddy travels to this city to find his biological father.
What is New York City?
This Christmas song tells the story of a reindeer with a very shiny nose.
What is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
According to tradition, children hang these by the fireplace for Santa to fill.
What are Christmas stockings?
This 19th-century British author wrote A Christmas Carol, featuring Ebenezer Scrooge.
Who is Charles Dickens?
In Mexico, this nine-night Christmas tradition reenacts Mary and Joseph's search for lodging.
What is Las Posadas?
In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch lives on a mountain overlooking this town.
What is Whoville?
In The Twelve Days of Christmas, this gift is given on the fifth day.
What are five golden rings?
This plant is traditionally hung in doorways, where people may share a kiss beneath it.
What is mistletoe?
This country is widely credited with popularizing the modern Christmas tree tradition.
What is Germany?
In Japan, a popular modern Christmas meal comes from this American fried chicken chain.
What is KFC?
In The Polar Express, the mysterious train takes children to this destination.
What is the North Pole?
This popular Christmas song begins with the lyrics 'You better watch out, you better not cry.'
What is Santa Claus is Comin' to Town?
In Alpine folklore, this horned creature punishes naughty children during the Christmas season.
Who is Krampus?
The first commercial Christmas card was commissioned in 1843 in this country.
What is England? (Accept the United Kingdom)
In Italy, this kindly, broom-riding old woman brings gifts to children around Epiphany.
Who is La Befana?
In National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Clark Griswold is expecting this workplace reward to pay for a swimming pool.
What is a Christmas bonus?
Originally written in German as Stille Nacht, this Christmas carol was first performed in Austria in 1818.
What is Silent Night?
In Icelandic folklore, this giant Christmas feline is said to eat people who don't receive new clothes for Christmas.
What is the Yule Cat (Jolakotturinn)?
In 1870, this U.S. president signed legislation making Christmas a federal holiday in Washington, D.C.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
In Sweden, this straw animal is a traditional Christmas decoration, with a giant version erected annual in Gavle.
What is the Yule Goat (Julbock)?