HOLIDAY FACTS
A Hanukkah menorah has this many candles on it
What is nine?
“Mele Kalikimaka” means “Merry Christmas” in this language
What is Hawaiian?
This was the year that Karen and Mike got married on the hottest day in history?
2019
This author wrote the novel upon which the movie A Christmas Carol is based
Who is Charles Dickens?
This much-reviled Christmas food is known for its long shelf life
What is fruitcake?
This traditional Christmas decoration is actually a parasitic plant
What is mistletoe?
This classic Christmas carol contains the lyric “Strike the harp and join the chorus”
What is Deck the Halls?
What brainy program in Alabama did Elaine attend as a kid?
Space Camp
In Elf, Buddy gets a job at this department store
What is Gimbels?
In 1996, this toy with origins in Sesame Street was a sensation at Christmastime
What is Tickle Me Elmo?
This word for Christmas or a Christmas carol is borrowed from French
Noel
This well-known Christmas carol became the first song ever broadcast from space in 1965
What is Jingle Bells?
This is the restaurant where Beth and Bruce met while working together
The Hardware Store
This hit 1984 movie starts with a hapless inventor visiting a mysterious shop in search of a Christmas present for his son
What is Gremlins?
This was the animatronic cassette-playing bear toy that every kid wanted for Christmas in the mid 80s
What is Teddy Ruxpin?
This What famous Christian reformer is credited with being the first person to put lights on a Christmas tree
Who is Martin Luther?
This hugely popular holiday song recorded in 1994 surpassed 2 billion Spotify streams in 2024
What is All I Want For Christmas is You?
This is the number of people in this house now who have passed the bar
What is 5?
This is the living snowman who provides comic relief in the Disney movie Frozen
Who is Olaf?
In one oddball tradition, an ornament shaped like this food item is hidden on the Christmas tree
What is a pickle?
A Visit from St. Nicholas was the original title of what hugely famous holiday poem?
What is Twas the Night Before Christmas?
This is the German name for the song known in English as O Christmas Tree
O Tannenbaum
This is the name for the best annual Christmas gathering of the year
What is Inmas?
In “A Christmas Story,” this happens to Ralphie’s friend as a result of a “triple-dog dare” from another classmate
What is he gets his tongue stuck to a flagpole?
In North America, wild reindeer are referred to as this
Caribou