Spelling Bee
Thin strips of shiny metal foil used as decoration.
Tinsel
What is the most commonly used letter in the English language
What is the name of the miserly protagonist in Dr. Seuss's famous book who lives on Mount Crumpit?
The Grinch
OK, everybody, we've all been instructed to do this "with boughs of holly"
Deck the halls
It comes after peregrine or Millennium
Falcon
A vehicle on runners, often pulled by horses or reindeer.
Sleigh
Finish this common English pangram (a sentence using every letter of the alphabet): "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy ___."
dog
In the song, what did my true love give to me on the first day of Christmas?
A partridge in a pear tree
We can always count on them--in "The Twelve Days Of Christmas", the "8 maids" are doing this
a-milking
A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.
Fable
An aromatic resin used as incense, one of the gifts of the Magi.
Frankincense
In grammar, what is the name for a word that takes the place of a noun?
Pronoun
In that 'A Christmas Carol', what are the names of the three spirits who visit Ebenezer Scrooge?
The Ghost of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come
Magically, with an "old silk hat they found", some kids placed it on his head & "he began to dance around"
Frosty
2-word name for a circle of mushrooms that might inspire some supernatural visitors
Fairy Ring
The act of staying all night in a place (as the shepherds did in the Christmas story).
Pernoctation
What is the term for a word that reads the same forwards and backwards, like "racecar"?
Palindrome
SPECIAL QUESTION:
What are the names of Santa's famous reindeer?
(All teams get 50 points for each correct answer!)
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph
These 2 words,
these 2 words,
these 2 words,
then
"próspero año y felicidad"
Feliz navidad
It's the way a lot of movie scenes end, gradually that is
Fade-out
A fragrant gum resin, another gift of the Magi.
Myrrh
Who is credited with inventing over 1,700 English words, including "eyeball," "majestic," and "lonely"?
William Shakespeare
What is the name of the famous poem which begins, "'Twas the night before Christmas..."?
A Visit from St. Nicholas
"She'd been drinkin' too much egg nog, & we'd begged her not to go" but unfortunately this happened anyway
A circumstance contributing to a result; a number that divides another.
Factor