Know Your Numbers
It takes this many years for a pine tree to grow to an acceptable Christmas tree height
What is 15?
What is a pickle?
Holiday when people set off fireworks, set resolutions and cound down to midnight to welcome new beginning
What is New Year's Eve?
In A Christmas Story, this is the mamor award that Ralphie's father wins
What is a Leg Lamp?
This "dangerous" toy was a must-have for boys in teh 1930s-1940s. Ralphie also wanted it for Christmas
What is a Red Rider BB Gun?
The true number of Santa's reindeer in the Christmas poem T'was the Night Before Christmas
What is 8?
(Rudolph isn't mentioned)
Gingerbread houses originated in this country
What is Germany?
Another name for this holiday is The Feast of Dedication
What is Hanukkah?
This is the gift Ralphie gives his teacher
What is a fruit basket?
This toy was popular in the 1960s and helped young girls play "kitchen"
What is the Easy Bake Oven?
The weight in tons of this year's 74 foot Rockefeller Center Christmas tree
What is 11?
This soda company was the first to use Santa Claus in its advertising
What is Coca Cola?
This weeks long holiday honors African-American heritage
What is Kwanza?
Complete this famous line from Elf...
The best way to spread Christmas cheer is ______________________________!
What is singing loud for all to hear!
You had to add your own vegetable to play with the original version of this 1950s toy
What is Mr Potato Head?
The average person eats ____ cookies during the December holidays
What is 26?
In Japan, it is a Christmas tradition to eat food from this fast-food restaurant.
What is KFC?
A British tradition that occurs the day after Christmas and dates back to the 1800s. At the time is was a day to ensure the upper class Britons gave servants and workers a day off, in addition to giving them presents.
What is Boxing Day?
In Christmas Vacation, this is what Clark hopes to buy with his Christmas bonus
What is a swimming pool?
In 1996, people were reselling this $30 red doll for $1500
What is Tickle Me Elmo?
This is the total number of gifts in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas
What is 364?
The gifts are cumulative, each day the singer receives the same gifts as the previous days plus an additional gift
This is the total number of individual cookies baked by Tiana and George for their cookie boxes this year.
(excluding candied pecans)
What is 588?
This festival originated in Scandinavia and is one of the oldest winters solstice festivals in the world
What is the Festival of Yule?
The 5 toppings Buddy adds to his spagetti in the movie Elf.
What are:
Maple syrup, Chocolate syrup, M&Ms, pop tarts and marshmallows?
This is the toy from the 90s movie "Jingle All the Way"
What is Turbo Man?