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100

Visions of which food danced in children’s heads as they slept in the poem “Twas The Night Before Christmas”?

Sugar plums

100

This parasitic plant, also known as “dung twig” is poisonous to humans but often hung during the holidays?

Mistle toe

100

Which action movie from the 1980’s takes place on Christmas Eve?

Die Hard

100

What do children get from Santa if they’re on the “Naughty List”?

A lump of coal

100

In Nat King Cole's 'The Christmas Song', what is “roasting on an open fire?

Chestnuts

200

What Christmas song has been streamed the most?

Mariah Carey’s All I want for Christmas

200

Approximately 1.3 billion of these are sent each year in the United States during Christmas, what are they?

Christmas cards

200

In Home Alone, where are the McCallister’s going on vacation when they leave Kevin behind?

Paris

200

Which of Santa’s reindeer has the same name as another holiday mascot?

Cupid

200

Which popular Christmas beverage is also called “Milk punch”?

Egg nog

300

Which artist has the best selling holiday album of all time?

Elvis, Elvis’ Christmas Album

300

What is considered the most famous Christmas tree in the US?

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree

300

Which real-life department store is the movie Miracle on 34th Street based on?

Macy's

300

What did the other reindeer not let Rudolph do because of his shiny nose?

Play reindeer games

300

This holiday treat was originally designed to resemble a shepherd’s staff. What is it?

Candy canes

400

What popular Christmas song was actually written for Thanksgiving?

Jingle Bells

400

Which U.S. President made Christmas a federal holiday?

Ulysses S. Grant

400

What is the highest grossing Christmas movie of all time?

Home Alone

400

Beginning in 2007, this popular item visits children during the holiday season so that they can report the children's behavior back to Santa?  

Elf on the Shelf

400

In which country is eggnog said to have originated from?

England
500

According to the song, what did my true love give to me on the eighth day of Christmas?

8 maids a-milking

500

What American food do people in Japan traditionally eat as their Christmas meal?

Kentucky Fried Chicken?

500

How many ghosts visit Scrooge in A Christmas Carol?

4

500

Which children's story led to the building and decorating of ginger bread houses during the holiday season?

Hansel & Gretel

500

Historically, women in England who wanted to find a husband ate what popular Christmas dessert at Christmas for good luck?

Gingerbread men

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