Holiday History
The fairytale that inspired the first gingerbread houses.
What is “Hansel and Gretel”?
In the song “We Wish You a Merry Christmas,” this type of pudding is mentioned.
What is figgy pudding?
This song tops Billboard's list of the 100 greatest holiday songs of all time.
What is “All I Want For Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey?
This action movie is often called a Christmas film.
What is Die Hard?
In December of this year, Taylor Swift was honored with this award, which in the past has been awarded to individuals including Bill Clinton, Pope John Paul II and Jeff Bezos.
What is Time’s Person of the Year?
The country that started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree.
What is Germany?
This Christmas beverage is also known as “milk punch.”
What is eggnog?
The best-selling Christmas song ever.
What is "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby?
This is the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time.
What is The Grinch (2018 edition)?
You’re at the Eras Tour movie and the person next to you hands you a beaded friendship bracelet spelling out the letters “LWYMMD.” These letters spell out the title out of a particular Taylor Swift song.
What is “Look What You Made Me Do,” a track from Taylor’s album Reputation?
Hanukkah commemorates the miracle of this substance that kept candles burning for eight days.
What is oil?
This country is the origin of the popular “Yule Log” cake.
What is France?
According to the song, this is what my true love gave to me on the eighth day of Christmas.
What are “eight maids a milking”?
In the opening scene of A Charlie Brown Christmas, the characters are seen enjoying this recreational winter activity.
What is ice skating?
In 2016, Taylor Swift became embroiled in a very public feud with this reality TV star.
Who is Kim Kardashian? (And to date, this beef seems not to have been resolved. But, there are some great songs about it.)
St. Nicholas was born in this modern country.
What is Turkey (originally Patara, a city in the ancient district of Lycia, in Asia Minor)?
The length of the world’s largest candy cane to date.
What is 63 feet?
This popular Christmas song was actually written for Thanksgiving.
What is "Jingle Bells"?
This person is George Bailey’s guardian angel in It’s A Wonderful Life.
Who is Clarence Odbody?
Taylor Swift has famously been on a crusade to re-record the albums for which her masters were sold. She has two remaining “Taylor’s Version” album re-recordings to release. Name the titles.
What are her debut record, Taylor Swift, and, of course – Reputation? Let the games begin.
This famous Christian reformer is credited with being the first person to put lights on a Christmas tree.
Who is Martin Luther?
This American president had this to say about hot chocolate: “The superiority of chocolate, both for health and nourishment, will soon give it the preference over tea and coffee.”
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
After “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” these are Billboard's five greatest holiday songs of all time (in order).
What are “Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Helms, “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" by Nat King Cole, “A Holly Jolly Christmas” by Burl Ives, “Feliz Navidad” by Jose Feliciano and “It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year” by Andy Williams?
In National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, this cousin shows up uninvited to the Griswolds’ for the holidays.
Who is Cousin Eddie?
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce recently attended a holiday party in matching sweaters featuring a certain animal.
What are squirrels? Likely a callback to a now-viral tweet of Kelce’s from 2011 about feeding a “squirle": "I just gave a squirle a peice of bread and it straight smashed all of it!!!! I had no idea they ate bread like that!! Haha #crazy"