BECAUSE IT'S TRADITION
KNOWN TO AMERICANS SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY, THIS TRADITION HAD YOU PUCKERING UP… UNLESS YOU WANTED BAD LUCK.
KISSING UNDER THE MISTLETOE
IN THE MOVIE HOME ALONE, WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE TWO BURGLARS?
HARRY AND MARV
IN ‘WINTER WONDERLAND,’ WHO DO WE PRETEND THE SNOWMAN IS?
PARSON BROWN
WHAT BEVERAGE COMPANY STARTED TO USE SANTA CLAUS IN ITS ADVERTISING IN 1931 AND HAS CONTINUED TO DO SO EVER SINCE?
COCA COLA
THESE AREN'T THE KIND YOU EAT IN ENGLAND, BUT YOU DO GET A CROWN.
CHRISTMAS CRACKERS
THIS TRADITION BEGAN IN THE 1930S DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND TAUGHT THAT EVEN IN TIMES OF GREAT ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GIVE TO OTHERS AND TO SHOW GRATITUDE FOR THOSE GIVEN TO YOU.
LEAVING COOKIES (AND REINDEER SNACKS) FOR SANTA
IN THE MOVIE FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, WHAT ARE FROSTY’S FIRST WORDS AFTER COMING TO LIFE?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
IN WHICH CHRISTMAS SONG IS THE LINE ‘FROM NOW ON, OUR TROUBLES WILL BE MILES AWAY’?
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
WHICH ONE OF SANTA'S REINDEER SHARES A NAME WITH ANOTHER HOLIDAY MASCOT?
CUPID
NOT TO BE MORBID, BUT FINNISH FOLKS PICKED THE WRONG HOLIDAY TO VISIT THIS RESTING PLACE.
CEMETERY - to place candles on the graves of their deceased loved ones.
A POOR WIDOWER AND HIS THREE DAUGHTER INSPIRED THIS FIRESIDE CHRISTMAS TRADITION BACK IN THE 4TH CENTURY
HANGING STOCKING ON THE FIREPLACE
IN THE MOVIE, A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS, WHAT DID LUCY WANT FOR CHRISTMAS?
REAL ESTATE
WHICH CHRISTMAS SONG HOLDS THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR THE BEST-SELLING SINGLE OF ALL TIME?
WHITE CHRISTMAS
WHAT COLOR WAS SANTA’S SUIT BEFORE IT WAS RED?
GREEN
SANTA CLAUS BEGINS WITH SAINT NICHOLAS OF MYRA, WHO WAS BORN AROUND 280 AD IN THE ROMAN TOWN OF PATARA OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THIS MODERN DAY COUNTRY.
TURKEY
IT ISN'T CHRISTMAS WITHOUT A CHRISTMAS TREE SO IN 1835 THIS PRESIDENT WAS THE FIRST TO PUT ONE AT THE WHITEHOUSE.
ANDREW JACKSON
WHAT’S THE NAME OF THE GUARDIAN ANGEL WHO TAKES GEORGE BAILEY ON HIS JOURNEY?
CLARENCE
IN, IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS, A PAIR OF HOP-A-LONG BOOTS AND A PISTOL THAT SHOOTS ARE THE WISH OF WHOM?
BARNEY AND BEN
IN WHAT DECADE DID NORAD (NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND) FIRST TRACK SANTA ON CHRISTMAS EVE?
1950’S (1955)
THE UKRAINIAN CHRISTMAS TRADITION OF DECORATING WITH SPIDERS AND SPIDER WEBS IS SAID TO BE THE POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF THESE STRIPS OF SHINY METAL FOIL USED AS CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATIONS.
TINSEL
IN 1494, 19-YEAR-OLD MICHELANGELO WAS COMMISSIONED, BY THE RULER OF FLORENCE ITALY, TO PARTAKE IN THIS ARTFUL HOLIDAY TRADITION.
BUILDING A SNOWMAN
IN A CHRISTMAS STORY, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE HILLBILLY NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THE PARKERS?
BUMPUSES
WHICH CHRISTMAS SONG WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR THANKSGIVING?
JINGLE BELLS
TWO U.S. STATES THAT HAVE A TOWN NAMED SANTA CLAUS, NAME ONE.
INDIANA OR GEORGIA
THIS MALEVOLENT HALF-GOAT, HALF-MAN ANTI-SANTA TRACES BACK TO FOLKLORE FROM AUSTRIA’S ALPINE REGION.
KRAMPUS