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This song Blue Christmas, first recorded by Doye O'Dell in 1948, was made popular by this famous "King."

Who is Elvis Presley?

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This popularly quotable movie introduced a generation of young people to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup.

What is Elf?

100

This site of New York City's annual tree lighting ceremony is also the setting of a popular NBC TV show starring Tina Fey.

What is Rockefeller Center?

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Not as whimsical as the Muppets' treatment of it, this classic tale of a man visited by three ghosts is the most famous Christmas horror story.

What is A Christmas Carol?

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In Germany, children leave this item outside their doors on December 6th every year in hopes that they'll receive candy, fruit, and small toys for Nikolaustag.

What is a shoe?

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While the song Jingle Bells is most often associated with Christmas, it was actually written by James Lord Pierpont to celebrate this slightly earlier autumn holiday.

What is Thanksgiving?

200

The Santa Clause, a household holiday staple, features this actor as Santa's begrudging replacement after a tragedy befalls the beloved toymaker.

Who is Tim Allen?

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Though best known by this name, most people associate Christmas with a character derived from St. Nicholas, the old English "Father Christmas," and the Dutch "Sinterklaas."

Who is Santa Claus?

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Though many first think of Jim Carrey's famous performance, the Grinch first made an appearance in the book How The Grinch Stole Christmas! by this beloved children's author.

Who is Dr. Seuss?

200

The subject of many memes and Tik Toks, this popular Sony gaming console is projected to be one of the most sought-after gifts of the 2021 Christmas season.

What is the PlayStation 5?

300

Participants in the event known as "Whamageddon" seek to avoid this Wham! song, a classic addition to many a retail holiday playlist.

What is Last Christmas?

300

Featuring this storied actor in a whopping six roles, The Polar Express is the tale of a young boy who boards a mysterious train to the North Pole.

Who is Tom Hanks?

300

Known for being home to the world's biggest Christmas market, this city in Austria is also famous for its notable former residents, such as Beethoven, Mozart, and Freud.

What is Vienna?

300

In Disney's animated retelling of The Gift of the Magi, these classic characters each sell something precious to give the other a gift, only to find they sold the item the other's gift was intended for.

Who are Mickey and Minnie Mouse?

300

This beloved item is perhaps the single most common to find in households that celebrate Christmas, and upwards of 30 million of them are sold each year in the United States.

What is a Christmas tree?

400

Although Michael Bublé was the subject of many a meme for his changing of the words, the saucy Santa Baby was originally sung by this catlike diva.

Who is Eartha Kitt?

400

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas has its origins in a poem the eccentric filmmaker wrote while working for this unlikely company - which gives its theme parks the Jack & Sally treatment for Halloween.

What is Disney?

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The Grinch was famously played by Boris Karloff in the 1966 animated movie How The Grinch Stole Christmas! - though the actor had "gone green" before to play this character in the iconic Universal monster movies.

Who is Frankenstein's monster?

400

The Nutcracker, a ballet based on an 1816 Prussian book, features an elegant pas de deux between this ruler of the Land of Sweets and her Cavalier.

Who is the Sugar Plum Fairy?

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This best-selling Christmas toy of all time actually has its own nursery and adoption center in Cleveland, Georgia, known as "Babyland General Hospital."

What are Cabbage Patch Kids?

500

Recognized often by its run-heavy opening, this song has become a staple of Tik Tok as an audio often depicting an initially outwardly reluctant Christmas enthusiast.

What is All I Want For Christmas Is You?

500

A controversial addition to many holiday watch lists, this action film takes place at the fictional Nakatomi Plaza following an unfortunate holiday party on Christmas Eve.

What is Die Hard?

500

This reindeer from Santa Claus's prominent set was the subject and namesake of his own movie starring Sam Elliott and Cloris Leachman in 1989.

Who is Prancer?

500

This heartwarming tale of elves secretly helping out a struggling craftsman overnight ends in the sweet surprise of new clothes for the elves in return for their kindness.

What is The Elves and the Shoemaker?

500

In Sweden, the tradition of building a giant straw sculpture of this animal has become a globally watched event every year as it's the target of many an arsonist, and has only survived the holiday season 15 times in the last 50 years.

What is a goat?

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