History
Which city is traditionally the birthplace of Jesus?
Bethlehem
What food is often left out of Santa's reindeer?
Carrots
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know...
Where those treetops glisten and children listen
I am something you bake, decorate, and sometimes build — but don’t live in. What am I?
1️⃣ The first artificial Christmas trees were made out of goose feathers.
2️⃣ Christmas was once banned in parts of the United States.
3️⃣ Santa originally had 9 reindeer in the poem “’Twas the Night Before Christmas."
3: He had 8 and Rudolph made 9
What were the gifts brought by the 3 wise men?
Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh
What is the name of the countdown to Christmas that often includes calendars or candles?
Advent
Ill have a blue Christmas, without you. I'll be so blue just thinking about you...
Decoration of red on our green Christmas tree
You can find me on top of houses, but I’m not a roof. Santa uses me. What am I?
A chimney
1: “White Christmas” is the best-selling Christmas song of all time.
2: The first “Elf on the Shelf” appeared in the 1950s.
3: The tradition of leaving cookies for Santa started in the U.S. during the Great Depression.
2: First elf appeared in 2005
What holiday plant’s name actually means “toe that can be cut off”?
Mistletoe
What sparkly decoration is often hung on Christmas trees to look like icicles?
Tinsel
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
I’m not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Fire
1️⃣ Mariah Carey wrote “All I Want for Christmas Is You” in under an hour.
2️⃣ “Jingle Bells” was originally written for Thanksgiving.
3️⃣ “Silent Night” was first performed on a piano because the church organ was broken.
3: It was performed with a guitar
Which country is credited with starting the tradition of a Christmas tree?
Germany
What do the 12 days of Christmas traditionally represent?
The period between Christmas Day and Epiphany / celebrating Christ’s birth to the arrival of the Wise Men
Bell's will be ringing, the sad sad news. Oh, what a Christmas...
To have the blues
I’m always running but never move from place to place. In Christmas Vacation, I’m a big problem. What am I?
Christmas lights
1️⃣ “Jingle Bells” was the first song played in space.
2️⃣ The movie Home Alone was originally supposed to star a different child actor.
3️⃣ Christmas used to be illegal in England.
2: The movie was written specifically for Macauley Caulkin.
Saint Nicholas came from which country?
Turkey
What fruit was traditionally placed in Christmas stockings in both the U.S. and U.K.?
An orange
This year, to save me from tears, I'll give it to someone special... (end of first verse)
Once bitten, and twice shy
I can fly without wings, cry without eyes, and bite without teeth. What am I?
The wind
1: Santa’s suit became red only after Coca-Cola created him.
2: “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” was released in the 1970s.
3: The first recorded Christmas celebration dates back to the 300s AD.
1: Santa wore red in art before coca-cola, they just popularized it.