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100

This Christmas beverage is also known as milk punch

Eggnog

100

This holiday movie has a cameo by Donald Trump

Home Alone 2

100

What is Hanukkah also known as?

Festival of Lights

100

This holiday spy sits around the house by day and reports back to Santa at night.

Elf on the Shelf

100

In the song “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” what “incriminating” evidence was found on Grandma’s back?

Claus marks

200

To celebrate the "miracle of oil", fried potato pancakes are eaten in Hanukkah. What are these pancakes called?

Latkes

200

“Miracle on 34th Street” centers on what real-life department store?

Macy's

200

This Christmas decoration was originally made from strands of silver

Tinsel

200

According to the English lyrics of 'The Dreidel Song' which children sing at Hanukkah, out of what material is a dreidel made?

Clay

200

What Christmas-themed ballet premiered in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1892?

The Nutcracker

300

According to legend, what holiday goodies were shaped to resemble a shepherd’s staff, as a way to remind children of the shepherds who visited baby Jesus?

Candy Canes

300

What Christmas carol does the Peanuts gang sing at the end of “A Charlie Brown Christmas?”

Hark! The Herald Angel Sings.

300

During Christmas of 1965, astronauts broadcast which holiday song from space?

Jingle Bells

300

In the early 1800s, the first gingerbread houses were reportedly inspired by what famous fairy tale?

Hansel and Gretal

300

How many branches does a Hanukkah menorah – or chanukiah – have?

9. Eight candles symbolize the number of days that the Temple lantern blazed; the ninth, the shamash, is a helper candle used to light the others.

400

What beverage company has been using Santa Claus in its advertising since 1931?

Coca-Cola

400

In the movie “A Christmas Story,” what was the name of the next door neighbors whose dogs ate the Christmas turkey?

The Bumpuses

400

True or false, Kwanzaa was established after the 1965 Los Angeles riots in Watts

True - it was started by graduate student Maulana Karenga

400

Why are there so many fried foods prepared for Hannukah?

To celebrate the miracle of oil

400

According to the folklore of Austria and other countries, what horned figure punishes naughty children at Christmastime?

Krampus

500

This holiday food is known for its long shelf life

Fruit cake

500

In “The Muppet Christmas Carol,” who played Scrooge? Hint: It wasn’t a muppet.

Michael Cain

500

What does the word, "Kwanzaa" mean?

First fruits of the harvest

500

In the poem The Night Before Christmas, the poet was in his cap and Ma was in what?

Her kerchief

500

How did astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman celebrate Hannukah in space in 1993?

He played with a dreidel as he attempted to "reinterpret the rules for space flight, since there's no up or down."

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