Holiday Songs
Winter Facts
Holiday Movies
Global Holiday Traditions
Holiday History
100

In the song "Winter Wonderland" these "ring, are you listening?"

What are sleigh bells?

100

The shortest day of the year.

What is winter solstice?

100

Will Ferrell played the oversized North Pole adoptee who sets off to find his father in this 2003 Christmas classic.

What is “Elf”?

100

This Christmas-themed ballet premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1892.

What is The Nutcracker?
100

Franklin Delano Roosevelt loved these holiday cakes & in 1933 received a 110 lb. one filled with wine-soaked raisins.  

What is a fruitcake?

200

Spotify has a playlist featuring 100 different versions of this holiday bop, which was originally written and recorded by 1980s Brit Pop duo Wham!

What is "Last Christmas"?

200

This Pole is warmer than the other.

What is the North Pole?

200

In the 1983 holiday favorite “A Christmas Story,” Ralphie’s father wins a lamp shaped like this body part as a runner-up prize from a newspaper contest.

What is a woman’s leg?

200

The poinsetta's history is rooted in this country's folklore and traditions.

What is Mexico?

200

Christmas lights were created in 1882 by this inventor.

Who is Edward H. Johnson (Thomas Edison's friend)?

300

This artist recorded the hit "Blue Christmas" in 1964.

Who is Elvis Presley?

300

All snowflakes have this many sides.

What is six?

300

The actor who plays long-suffering Clark Griswold in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” is this original SNL cast member.

Who is Chevy Chase?

300

According to Austrian folklore, this horned figure punishes naughty children during the holiday season.


What is Krampus?

300

The Christmas tree tradition started in this country.

What is Germany?

400

This composer penned the score for the ballet “The Nutcracker."

Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?

400

The snowiest city on earth is located in this country.

Japan (Aomori City)

400

There is an ongoing debate online about whether this action flick starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman is actually a Christmas film.

What is Die Hard?

400

Many cultures have a tradition of hanging this food-shaped ornament on the Christmas tree.

What is a pickle?

400

The novel "A Christmas Carol" was written by this person.

Who is Charles Dickens?
500

The total number of gifts given in the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas," because the gifts are cumulative.

What is 364?

500

In the southern hemisphere, winter occurs in these three months.

What are June, July, and August?

500

The highest grossing Christmas film of all time.

What is Home Alone?


500

In this ancient country, eggs were given as gifts on New Year’s Day.

What is Persia?

500

The first winter olympics were held in this country in 1924.

What is France?

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