Holiday Desserts
This is a cake made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices, and optionally soaked in spirits.
Fruitcake
This is a rich, chilled, sweetened, dairy-based beverage, made with milk, cream, sugar, whipped egg whites, and egg yolks.
Egg Nog
In the United States
Santa Claus
The self-proclaimed "Queen of Christmas" landed the No. 1 spot on the Hot 100 in 2019 for this famous holiday hit.
All I Want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey
This iconic Christmas film's most popular line is "You'll shoot your eye out!"
A Christmas Story
This filled pastry product orginiated in the Jewish communities of Poland.
Rugelach
This is a heated drink consisting of shaved chocolate, melted chocolate or cocoa powder, heated milk or water, and usually a sweetener.
Hot Chocolate
In Spain
Papa Noel
This is a Christmas song written in 1970 by the Puerto Rican singer and songwriter José Feliciano.
Feliz Navidad
This 1964 Christmas stop motion animated classic includes a reindeer that is not first appreciated for his differences.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
This is a Dutch cookie-like confectionery, traditionally associated with the early December Sinterklaas holiday in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Pepernoot
Also known as hot whiskey in Ireland, this is typically a mixed drink made of liquor and water with honey, herbs and spices, and served hot.
Hot Toddy
In France
Père Noël
This very popular song tells of the sleigh races held on Salem Street in the early 1800s.
Jingle Bells
This Tim Burton film is considered a Christmas classic by some but a Halloween hit to others.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
This dish celebrates Epiphany, the day the Three Kings visited the infant Jesus, and is baked throughout January in France.
Galette Des Rois
Spanish for "Little Coconut", this is a traditional Christmas drink that originated in Puerto Rico.
Coquito
In Australia
Father Christmas
This is a children's Hanukkah song in the English-speaking world that also exists in a Yiddish version.
I Have A Little Dreidel
The Dreidel Song
Driedel, Driedel, Driedel
Based on the 1957 book of the same name, this was the first of this author's books to be adapted into a full-length feature film.
Dr. Suess' How The Grinch Stole Christmas
This dessert - with meringue, fruit and cream - was named after a Russian ballerina, who visited Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s.
Pavlova
This is a beverage usually made with red wine along with various mulling spices and sometimes raisins.
Mulled Wine
Gluehwein
In the Netherlands
Sinterklaas
Recorded by New Jersey native Lou Monte, this song describes a donkey who helps Santa Claus bring presents ("made in Brooklyn") to children in Italy "because the reindeer cannot climb" Italy's hills.
Dominick The Donkey
This 1990 classic has 8 year old trouble-maker creatively thwarting criminals from breaking into his family's home.
Home Alone