Christmas by the Numbers
The number of sizes the Grinch's heart grew in Dr. Suess's story How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
What is 3?
You might leave this out for Santa Claus.
What is milk and cookies?
The name of the Grinch's loyal dog.
Who is Max?
The song that asks Santa to hurry down the chimney.
What is Santa Baby?
This animatronic cassette-playing bear toy was what every child wanted for Christmas in the mid 80's.
What is Teddy Ruxpin?
The number of ghosts that visit Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol.
What is 4?
(Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come)
This holiday beverage is also called "milk punch".
What is egg nog?
The name of the Christmas song about a boy who plays his drum for Jesus.
What is "The Little Drummer Boy"?
One in three men wait until this day to do their Christmas shopping.
What is Christmas Eve?
The number of reindeer that pull Santa's sleigh.
What is 9?
The food commonly associated with visions dancing in children's heads during Christmas.
What is sugar plums?
The thing that Clark Griswold hopes to buy with his big Christmas bonus in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
What is a pool?
Written originally as a Thanksgiving song in 1857, this tune was also the first song to be broadcast from space in 1965.
What is "Jingle Bells"?
In Germany, this frightening anti-Santa Claus with goat's hooves and horns punishes children who misbehave instead of bringing them gifts.
Who (or what) is Krampus?
It takes about this many years to grow the average Christmas tree.
What is 15?
What is the famous French dessert known as Buche de Noel in English?
What is a Yule Log?
The things that Buddy the Elf eats after he gets his blood drawn at the doctor's office in the movie Elf.
What is cotton balls?
Spotify has a playlist featuring 100 different versions of this holiday bop, which was originally written and recorded by 1980's Brit Pop duo, Wham!
What is Last Christmas?
The realistic-looking "snow" used in classic films like White Christmas and The Wizard of Oz was this now-banned, highly dangerous material.
What is asbestos?
The total number of gifts that are accumulated in "The Twelve Days of Christmas".
What is 364?
A "Stollen" is a German variety of which Christmas sweet treat?
What is Fruit Cake?
The 1947 movie Miracle on 34th Street originally featured this department store instead of Macy's.
What is Gimbels?
This festive anthem, written during World War II, emphasized hope and unity.
What is "I'll Be Home For Christmas"?
It is Hawaii's way to say "Merry Christmas to you".
What is Mele kalikimaka?