Holiday Movies 2
This 1965 animated made-for-TV Christmas special features a depressed protagonist, a psychiatric booth and a sad little Christmas tree that spreads a lot of joy.
What is "A Charlie Brown Christmas"?
He sees you when you're sleeping
And he knows when you're ______
What is awake?
If you have one of these, you might get a piece of chocolate or a small toy every day for 24 days leading up to Christmas.
What is an Advent calendar?
According to our mainstream Anglo Saxon culture this is what Santa brings to naughty children.
What is a lump of coal?
Our current image of Santa Claus is mainly shaped by ads for this company, starting in 1931.
What is Coca Cola?
“A Christmas Story” is famous for, among other things, tongues stuck to frozen poles, Red Ryder BB guns and this memorable piece of lighting equipment.
What is a leg lamp?
Rockin' around the Christmas tree, Let the Christmas spirit ring
Later we'll have some _______ ___ and we'll do some caroling.
What is pumpkin pie?
A recent addition to Christmas traditions is this quiet companion, its placement in the owner’s house often displayed on social media. Some cruel souls delight in showing pictures of him being tormented, tortured or killed by other dolls and action figures.
What is an Elf on a Shelf?
You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not ____, I’m telling you why.
What is pout?
The Grinch stole all of the presents from this town.
What is Whoville?
Don’t get Gizmo wet (or feed him after midnight!) in this 1980s classic set at Christmas time.
What is Gremlins?
You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch, You have termites in your smile
You have all the tender sweetness of a _______ crocodile, Mr. Grinch.
What is seasick?
This toy used during Hanukkah has four sides containing the Hebrew first letters of the phrase “A great miracle happened there”.
What is a dreidel?
In this raunchy 2003 Christmas movie, the naughtiest character is actually old Saint Nick himself.
What is "Bad Santa"?
According to the song, this present is given on the tenth day of Christmas.
What are "Ten Lords-a-Leaping"?
In this holiday classic a clownish orphan raised by Santa and his elves at the North Pole travels to New York City to locate his biological father.
What is Elf?
Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made you out of _______.
Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, with dreidel I shall play.
What is clay?
The Catalonia region of Spain is known for its unorthodox Christmas traditions. One of them is the “Caganer”, a figurine of a pooping man dressed in traditional Catalan peasant’s garb that is added to this traditional display commemorating the birth of the Christ child.
What is a Nativity Scene?
Scaring children into being good in Austria is a snap thanks to this frighteningly horned companion of Saint Nicholas’ who is said to whip naughty children with bundles of twigs.
Who is Krampus?
The Consumer Product Safety commission estimates that almost 15,000 Americans end up here each year, as a result of Christmas decorating gone awry.
What is the emergency room?
A scene at the car rental counter in this popular movie very likely holds the record for most F-bombs used in a holiday classic.
What is "Planes, Trains and Automobiles"?
It's Christmas time, there's no need to be afraid
At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish _____
What is shade?
In this holiday tradition celebrated in Latin America families act out the quest for lodging experienced by the holy family the night of Jesus’ birth, singing from house to house - eating, drinking, and celebrating “la noche buena”.
What are Las Posadas?
In the Netherlands Sinterklaas, as Santa is known by there, has a now highly controversial helper named Zwarte Piet. According to the legend, Zwarte Piet will put naughty children into his bag and take them to this country.
What is Spain?
Canadian postal codes take the format letter-digit-letter-space-digit-letter-digit, as in M3B 2B6. This special postal code was set up as part of our Northern neighbor’s Santa Letter Writing program initiative.
What is H0H 0H0?