Christmas Rhyme Time
They are the only two of Santa's reindeer that share true rhyme, not near rhyme
Who are Dancer and Prancer?
It's the total number of ghosts that visit Ebenezer Scrooge in the Dickens novel, “A Christmas Carol”
What is four?
This supergroup releases a version of "Do They Know its Christmas" every so many years; the first version included Bono, Sting, Phil Collins, and David Bowie
Who is Band Aid?
1996: Store employees were trampled for the infectious laugh of this Sesame Street toy
What is Tickle Me Elmo?
In the classic stop-motion animation Christmas special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” Hermie the Elf would rather be this as an occupation
What is a dentist?
Charles Dickens tale about three spirits haunting the host of an eponymous variety show
What is A Christmas Carol Burnett?
This magical household figure moves from room to room, helping Santa by making sure children are being good.
What is Elf on the Shelf?
This was the first company to use Santa Claus in an advertising campaign
What is Coca-Cola
"A&P has provided me with the world's smallest turkey" are lyrics in this holiday pop hit by the Waitresses
What is Christmas Wrapping?
1967: Luminous boxes that produced art after you placed a black sheet of paper on them and poked it full of holes
What is a Lite Brite?
In the 1983 holiday favorite “A Christmas Story,” Ralphie’s father wins a lamp shaped like this body part as a runner-up prize from a newspaper contest
What is a woman's leg?
A municipality might award this symbolic bird to an honored guest, allowing full access to anybody's Thanksgiving dinner!
What is the turkey to the city?
Johnny Marks was the writer behind many Christmas Carols such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, and this rhyming one, "it's the best time of the year!"
What is Holly Jolly Christmas?
This instrumental Christmastime theme from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite was also used in early versions of the video game Tetris
What is the Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy?
Though London-based, the Pogues had a "Fairytale" in this U.S.-based city with Kirsty MacColl
What is New York?
1950: It was inspired by a not-as-well-known toy called the "Syco-Seer," a cylindrical crystal ball with two dice inside
What is the Magic 8-Ball?
These are the four major food groups for elves in the Christmas film “Elf”
What are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?
George Romero directed this horror film in which zombies attack Bethlehem
What is Silent Night of the Living Dead?
The first two rhyming words in the classic "Twas the Night Before Christmas"
What are house and mouse?
One of the three gifts for the baby Jesus, not the most useful items to give a newborn
What are (1 of) gold, frankincense, and myrrh?
Not featured by the Peanuts but rather the Royal Guardsmen; this song details Snoopy's fight against him
Who is the Red Baron?
1927: This wooden cart had nothing to do with flight or electromagnetic wave communication
What is the Radio Flyer Wagon?
In “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” this character recites the Bible passage detailing the angel appearing to shepherds in the fields
Who is Linus?
He had a corncob pipe, a button nose, two eyes made out of coal, and sang The Impossible Dream
Who is Frosty the Snowman of La Mancha?
She caught the Grinch red-handed stealing her Christmas Tree for "repairs"
Who is Cindy Lou-Hou?
You can get your Christmas card postmarked not at the North Pole, but at the city called North Pole, located in this cold U.S. state
What is Alaska?
The song "Walking Through the Air" debuted in the animated version of this popular 1978 children's book
What is The Snowman?
2022: Step aside teddy bears and beanie babies, this newest generation of stuffed animals are here, and experts say they serve sensory purposes and as pillows!
What are Squishmallows?
This is the family name of Tiny Tim and his father Bob in Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol.”
What is Cratchit?
Duet between Guy Lombardo and Barry McGuire about the grim state of the world on December 31st
What is New Years Eve of Destruction?