Movies
What famous comic strip inspired the 1965 film “A Charlie Brown Christmas”?
The Peanuts
What city banned Christmas from 1659-1681?
Boston
What is used to hurdle people rapidly down snowy slopes?
A sled
Which flowering plant from Mexico is considered a Christmas flower?
Pointsetta
Mariah Carey has been called what in honor of her Christmas single “All I Want for Christmas is You”?
The Queen of Christmas
What 1990 film stars Brenda Song’s husband?
Home Alone
What does mistletoe represent in many different mythologies?
Fertility, love
What sweet is commonly used to construct miniature buildings?
Gingerbread
What food is commonly had for Christmas dinner in Japan?
KFC
Danny Elfman wrote which alternative Christmas song for which 1993 animated stop-motion film?
“Making Christmas” from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
How many roles does Tom Hanks play in The Polar Express (2004)?
Seven
What oozes from “St. Nicholas’” bones at the Basilica of San Nicola?
—The Mana of St. Nicholas
—Water
What was Elf on the Shelf originally called?
Where did the Yule log cake originate?
France
What Christmas single has sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide?
“White Christmas” by Bing Crosby
What 2000 film stared the lead singer of the Pretty Reckless when she was a child?
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
In the original folklore for stuffing stockings, what did St. Nicholas put in the stockings of three poor sisters?
Three gold coins
Which country is credited with the act of how we think of modern Christmas tree decorating?
Germany
What do they call Santa in India?
Christmas Baba
Which football playing brothers collaborated on the 2023 Christmas song “The Fairytale of Philadelphia”?
Jason and Travis Kelce
What 1996 Christmas film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger?
“Jingle All the Way”
What did the German, the French, and the British troops do during World War 1 on December 25th, 1914?
They called The Christmas Truce; they played soccer, sang Christmas Carols, and took photographs together.
Where did the earliest know documented snowball fight take place?
Ancient Rome
What is Christmas called in Australia?
Yuletide or Yulefest
What was the inspiration behind Jay Livingston’s song “Silver Bells”?
Salvation Army Santa Claus solicitors on New York City street corners