Carols
Pentatonix's cover of this Christian holiday song was certified Platinum in 2018.
Mary, Did You Know
This knighted (and potentially cannibalistic) actor served as narrator in the 2000 Jim Carrey film, How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Sir Anthony Hopkins
This ballet, the romantic tale of the young Clara’s Christmas Eve premiered Dec. 18, 1892, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The Nutcracker
First known as the Missouri Rockets, this iconic dance troupe has been kicking up its heels since 1925.
The Radio City Rockettes
Whether devoured as a treat or hung on the tree as decoration, these are the No. 1-selling non-chocolate candy during December.
Candy canes
This holiday song, sung by Elvis Presley, features the same titular color as his suede shoes.
Blue Christmas
In the 2003 Christmas comedy Elf, this was the first rule of The Code of Elves.
Treat every day like Christmas.
This English monarch is credited with the idea of decorating gingerbread cookies.
Queen Elizabeth I
This famous, four-legged, fictional holiday character first appeared in 1939 when the Montgomery Ward department store asked one of its copywriters to create a Christmas story the store could give away as a promotional gimmick.
Both Princess Diana and Kate Middleton served this much-maligned holiday dessert at their weddings.
Fruitcake
Not only the best-selling Christmas song of all time (as of 2019), this Bing Crosby-sung song is also the best-selling single generally of all time, with an estimated 50 million copies sold.
White Christmas
This is the name of the doe that Rudolph likes in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Clarice
During this decade, WPIX-TV in New York City aired a continuous 17-second loop of a fireplace for three hours along with holiday music, marking the first time a burning yule log was featured on television.
The 1960s (specifically 1966)
This Kansas City-based company, originally called Hall Brothers, created the first folded card sold with an envelope in 1915, leading to the popularization of Christmas cards.
Hallmark
Santa Claus' jolly image was popularized when this famous beverage brand hired an illustrator named Haddon Sundblom to create magazine ads featuring the famous figure.
Coca-Cola
This song, featured in a 2013 Disney smash hit, is the 6th highest-selling holiday song of all time.
"Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" from Frozen
In the Original How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Cindy Lou Who gives Max this gift.
A plate of green eggs and ham
While leaving milk and cookies for Santa and his reindeer dates back to ancient Norse mythology, Americans committed to this tradition more wholeheartedly during this historic American era, as a sign of showing gratitude during a time of struggle.
The Great Depression
The Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that 14,700 people visit hospital emergency rooms each November and December from doing this festive activity.
Eggnog stems from this drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or other alcoholic liquor and typically flavored with spices, drunk as a delicacy or as a remedy for colds.
Posset
This holiday classic was originally penned in German in 1816 by Joseph Mohr and put to music 2 years later by Franz Xaver Gruber. It has gone on to become the most recorded Christmas song of all time.
Silent Night
In the 2000 feature film version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Whoville is located in this mountain range.
The Pontoos
Wreaths have taken on a Christian meaning, with the circular shape representing eternal life and holly leaves and berries representing this.
Christ’s crown of thorns and blood
This good-hearted country set up a special postal code for Santa as part of a Santa Letter-Writing Program initiative: HOH OHO.
Canada
Tangerines