Christmas on Television
Christmas History
Christmas Potpourri
Christmas Song Trivia
Around the World
100
This was Charlie Browns one complaint about Christmas.
What is commercialization?
100
In the early years of Christianity, this floppy eared holiday was more observed than Christmas.
What is Easter?
100

The recipe for this holiday drink is milk, egg, sugar, nutmeg.

What is Eggnog?

100
The color of Christmas Elvis had in his famous 1950s hit?
What is blue?
100

Popping tubes used in the U.K. to hold gifts and small treats go by this explosive name.

What are Christmas crackers?

200
In the Rudolph special, Hermey the Elf wanted to grow up and become one of these.
What is a Dentist?
200

These first Americans declared war on Christmas, and forced people to say, “Happy Holidays” instead of a religious message.

A) Puritans

B) Moms of Liberty

C) Catholics


Who were the Puritans?

200
In a typical 365 day year, Christmas is this many days into the new year.
What is 359?
200
They kept time with the Little Drummer Boy.
What were the Ox and the Lamb?
200

The tradition of using a decorated tree as a symbol of Christmas began in this European country.

What is Germany?

300
The biological reason the Grinch was so mean.
What was his heart was two sizes too small.
300
The bell ringers of this church have been around since the 1890s, helping the poor in countless ways.
What is the Salvation Army?
300
Also known as “A visit from St. Nick,” this poem was first published in 1823.
What is “Twas the night before Christmas?”
300
She was the one tap, tap, tappin’ at your windowpane.
Who is Suzy Snowflake?
300

The Ukrainian legend of this crawling creature inspired the Christmas of hiding a similarly shaped ornament on the tree in its honor.

A) Mayfly

B) Ant

C) Spider

D) Mantis

c) what is a spider?

400
The name of the little girl in the Nutcracker.
What is Clara?
400
In New York City in 1828, the first one of these was created to counter Christmas Riots, an every year occurrence.
What is a Police Force?
400
In the Nutcracker Ballet, the place where the Prince takes Clara.
What was The Land of Snow?
400
The number of times the name Santa Claus appears in Twas the Night Before Christmas.
What is NONE?
400

In Mexico, children break open these hanging papier mache sculptures to release the gifts inside.

What are pinatas?

500
What the traffic cop yelled to Frosty.
What is STOP?
500
This English Queen in the 1850s is credited with the tradition of gift giving during the Christmas Holidays.
Who was Victoria?
500
The two short words most commonly pre-printed on Christmas gift tags.
What are To and From?
500
Before Grandma got run over by reindeer, what was she going to get?
What was her medication?
500

These candlelit paper lanterns are a Christmas tradition in Mexico and in the Southwestern U.S.

What are luminarias?

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