POP CULTURE
Starting in 1947, this branch of the military runs "Toys for Tots" each year.
THE MARINES
Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by this total number of ghosts in A Christmas Carol.
FOUR
First performed in 1892 in Russia, this Christmas ballet was initially considered a failure but became a beloved holiday tradition after later productions.
THE NUTCRACKER
According to legend, this holiday goodie was shaped to resemble a shepherd's staff to remind children of the shepherds who visited baby Jesus.
CANDY CANES
According to the song, my true love gave this to me on the eighth day of Christmas.
EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING
This popular interactive plush toy that laughs, giggles, and wiggles became a sensation in 1996 at Christmastime.
TICKLE ME ELMO
This Brothers Grimm fairy tale helped popularize gingerbread houses.
HANSEL AND GRETEL
In its holiday specials, this controversial animated TV show features Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo.
SOUTH PARK
One of Santa's reindeer has the same name as another holiday mascot.
CUPID
Elvis isn't going to have a white Christmas, he's going to have a ....
BLUE CHRISTMAS
Starting in 1933, this department store chain published a "Wish Book" that became a mainstay of the holiday season until the last one was published in 2011.
SEARS
In 1823 the poem, "Twas the Night Before Christmas", introduced this many reindeer to pull Santa's Sleigh.
EIGHT
This iconic stop-motion animated Christmas classic first aired its TV special on NBC in 1964.
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER
In the classic song and animated specials, Frosty the Snowman has this for a nose.
A BUTTON
This pop duo released the song "Last Christmas" as a single in 1984 that became a global holiday classic.
WHAM!
This iconic company was the first to start featuring the modern-looking Santa in its ads in the 1930s.
COCA-COLA
Visions of this food danced in children's heads as they slept in the poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas".
SUGAR PLUMS
This science fiction franchise had its own holiday television special in 1978.
STAR WARS
This horned figure punishes naughty children at Christmastime throughout central Europe.
KRAMPUS
"O Tannenbaum" is the German name for this English Christmas song.
O CHRISTMAS TREE
This department store introduced Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in its marketing campaign in 1939.
MONTGOMERY WARD
This famous American author, animator, cartoonist, and illustrator wrote "Christmas doesn't come from a store; maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?"
DR. SEUSS
This is what upsets Charlie Brown about Christmas in the 1965 American animated TV special "A Charlie Brown Christmas".
THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF CHRISTMAS
This traditional name for the personification of Christmas is from English folklore and came to be associated with Santa Claus.
FATHER CHRISTMAS
Sleigh bells and a harmonica were smuggled on the Gemini 6 mission in December 1965 to play this jolly Christmas song as a prank on Mission Control.
JINGLE BELLS