Music
This artist, not Mariah Carey, holds the Guinness World Record for best selling Christmas song of all time, with White Christmas
Bing Crosby
This 90's Christmas Classic starring Tim Allen has sparked two sequels and a TV show
The Santa Claus
Hoping to lure customers to the Montgomery Ward department store, Robert L. May wrote a 1939 poem about this "most famous reindeer of all"
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Tickle Me Elmo - 1.2M Sold
The 90s - 1996
The foreshadowing spirit from a classic Dickens tale meets a 2000's Rom-Com starring Owen Wilson
Jacob Marley and Me
Thurl Ravenscroft, voice of Tony the Tiger, also lent his voice to this infamous Christmas song, written for the animated film version of a classic Dr. Suess story
You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
In National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Instead of a cash bonus, as he expected, Clark Griswold recieves this
A one year membership to the Jelly of the Month club
Jamestown, in 1607, was the first place in America where this iconic Christmas beverage is said to have been consumed
Eggnog
Razor Scooters - 5M Sold
The 00s - 2000
A 90's Christmas Film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and the fictional media conglomerate from a hit HBO Drama
Jingle All The Waystar Royco
This 1944 Frank Loesser Classic was redone in 2019 by John Legend and Kelly Clarkson. Their version was less…problematic
Baby It's Cold Outside
In the film Home Alone, McCauly Culkin's Kevin McCallister asks a clerk this about a toothbrush, before running off with it
Is this toothbrush approved by the ADA?
Since the 1890's, this organization has solicited donations using a red kettle and bell
The Salvation Army
Etch-A-Sketch - 600,000 Sold
The 60s - 1960
A beloved claymation Christmas movie hitches a ride in this Chrysler people-mover
Santa Claus is Coming to Town and Country
This artist made the original recording of Rocking around the Christmas Tree at the mere age of 13
Brenda Lee
This British collection of intertwined Christmas vignettes is packed with stars, including Alan Rickman. And no, it's not the one with Bruce Willis
Love Actually
From 1659 to 1681, Christmas was outlawed in this major Colonial city, carrying a fine of 5 shillings for being caught celebrating.
Boston
Mr. Potato Head - 1M Sold
The 50s - 1952
A Christmas film about the proprietor of "That old Building and Loan" and this Monty Python comedy
It's a Wonderful Life of Brian
Part of a prank played by the crew of Gemini 6 in 1965, this song was the first Christmas carol played in space
Jingle Bells
Peter Billingsly, most known for his role as Ralphie in A Christmas Story and his cameo in Elf, played a ticket agent in another Christmas movie starring Vince Vaughn
Four Christmases
The Legend of Santa Claus can be traced back to a Christian monk named St. Nicholas of Myra, born in what is now this Middle Eastern country
Turkey
Rubik's Cube - 100M in the first four years
The 80s - 1980
A classic Christmas movie from the Golden Age of Hollywood and this play by Tennessee Williams, which, fittingly, debuted the same year
Miracle on 34th Streetcar Named Desire