A VERY HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIE
CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS ELSEWHERE
SOME LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
HOLIDAY ALBUMS
THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS
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Danica McKellar is a big-city event planner who goes home to Tenn. to work a "Christmas at" this theme park... & maybe find love
Dollywood
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In Sweden, a Christmas straw one is traditional; here's the 42-foot, 4-ton example in Gävle
A goat
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You're looking for the dress this woman wore as she wed Prince William? Talk about one of a kind--that cost $434,000!
Kate Middleton
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Their 1964 "Christmas Album" includes "Little Saint Nick", called a rewiring of their hit "Little Deuce Coupe"
The Beach Boys
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Dec. 25, this year:
5 months into WWI, German & British troops emerge from their trenches for a game of soccer
1914
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A woman falls for the son of the man out to close her toy store in the alliteratively titled this Mass. island "Noel"
Nantucket
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In Iceland, kids put their boots by a window & either get candy if they're good or rotten these tubers if not
Potatoes
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A $200,000 horse of this breed from the American Stud Book--how kind, especially with the $50,000 annual upkeep thrown in
a Thoroughbred
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This "Duck Dynasty" family's "Duck the Halls" album included "Ragin' Cajun Redneck Christmas"
the Robertsons
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December 25, 1776:
2,400 U.S. troops cross this river for a surprise attack
the Delaware
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Writer of many a Christmas film, Anna White got down to business in 2021 with "Christmas" this 3-letter top job at a company
CEO
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Streets are closed to traffic as people roller skate to Christmas Eve mass in this capital of Venezuela
Caracas
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I can't believe you bought me this NHL team that had players like Guy Carbonneau, Guy Lapointe & Guy Lafleur... merci!
the Canadiens
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In 2012 this a capella group released its first holiday offering, "PTXmas", an EP with 6 classic Christmas songs
Pentatonix
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Dec. 25, 1837:
U.S. troops suffer heavy casualties fighting this Florida tribe at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee
the Seminole
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A bit after going on a bender in "The Breakfast Club", this actor met Santa Jr. in 2002; don't you forget about him
Judd Nelson
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Japan keeps the holidays "extra crispy" with what has become a traditional Christmas meal from this chain
KFC
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This indoor bike-making co. had a market value of $31 billion in 2021, so don't go crazy--just 50% of it would be enough for anyone
Peloton
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Rolling Stone calls this "Wall Of Sound" producer's "A Christmas Gift for You" the best Christmas album of all time
Phil Spector
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December 25, 1939:
The Battle of Jelja commences in the "Winter War" between these 2 foes
Finland & Russia
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It's not the Magi--nor Selleck, Danson & Guttenberg--but a trio of brothers who find themselves caring for a tot in this 2022 film
Three Wise Men and a Baby
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North of Quezon City, San Fernando is the "Christmas Capital of" this nation, holding a Giant Lantern Festival in Decemb
the Philippines
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An ancient sculpture of an athlete about to throw this should arrive by Christmas --Myron's original is lost, so it's just a copy
the discus
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This "Russian" orchestra directed by Paul O'Neill has had numerous Top 10 holiday albums including "The Lost Christmas Eve"
the Trans-Siberian Orchestra
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December 25, 1944: The U.S. 101st Airborne repels a German attack on this town at the heart of the "Bulge"
Bastogne