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How many nights does Hanukkah last
What is eight?
Popular Christmas decoration that is used to crack nuts
What is a Nutcracker
This song celebrates "eight maids a-milking" and "five golden rings."
What is "The Twelve Days of Christmas"?
This actor plays the Grinch in the live-action adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000).
Who is Jim Carrey?
What is the popular dish eaten in Japan during Christmas as part of a unique local tradition?
Fried chicken, particularly from KFC.
Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
Germany
The Times Square New Year's Eve Ball first dropped in this year.
What is 1907?
A gift exchange with a group of people where they pass it around in a circle
What is a White elephant
The movie the Grinch is based on a story by this famous author
Dr. Seuss
What’s the name of the family featured in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation?
The Griswolds
A reindeer is also known as this in North America.
Caribou.
What fruit is traditionally put inside Christmas Stockings?
What are Oranges or tangerines?
What holiday is celebrated the day after Christmas in the UK, Canada, Australia, and other countries?
What is Boxing Day
This tradition involves hanging greenery over doorways to encourage kisses.
What is mistletoe?
A song about this snowman, who comes to life one day
Frosty the Snowman
Animated film about a train that carries kids to the North Pole
Polar Express
The first Christmas card was printed in this country in 1843.
What is England?
Santa’s home is traditionally said to be at this location.
What is the North Pole?
When is Kwanzaa celebrated
What is December 26th to January 1st
Famous type of cake made on Christmas
What is Fruitcake
In Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol", Mr. Scrooge's first name
Ebenezer
In a Christmas carol, who were the three ghosts that Ebenezer scrooge met?
Ghost of Christmas past, present and future
This person is considered the Queen of Christmas.
Mariah Carey.
This popular holiday plant has bright red leaves and originates from Mexico.
What is a poinsettia? (Cuitlaxochitl)
This spinning top is a traditional game played during Hanukkah.
What is a dreidel?
On the winter solstice, many pagans light this object as a symbol of hope and warmth.
What is a Yule log?
This ballet tells the story of a magical Christmas Eve adventure.
What is "The Nutcracker"?
Cindy Lou Who is from this Christmas movie
The Grinch
This country started the tradition of Santa Claus traveling by sleigh.
What is the United States?
Before becoming tied up with Christmas what was Yule?
A pagan midwinter festival
What is the name of the potato pancake that is traditionally prepared to celebrate Hanukkah?
What is Latke
This activity involves going door-to-door singing holiday songs.
What is caroling?
In the early 1800s, the first gingerbread houses were reportedly inspired by what famous fairy tale?
What is Hansel and Gretel
The McCallister family is traveling to this destination when they accidentally leave Kevin behind in the first Home Alone movie.
What is Paris?
The name Santa Claus comes from this person.
Saint Nicholas.
This is the reindeer who is named after a weather phenomenon.
Who is Blitzen?
What does Kwanzaa mean in Swahili?
What is First Fruits
The Christmas decoration made from strands of silver (traditionally) but may also come in other colours.
What is Tinsel
This song is traditionally sung at midnight on New Year’s Eve.
What is "Auld Lang Syne"?
In A Christmas Story, Ralphie desperately wants this specific gift for Christmas.
What is a Red Ryder BB Gun?
Candy canes originated in what counrty?
Germany.
What is the traditional Christmas Tree
Evergreen
What is the yule log dessert made out of?
What is Sponge cake
Also buttercream or chocolate frosting, and other fillings and decorations
Popular Christmas beverage, a cinnamon packed "milk punch"
What is Eggnog
According to "It's a Wonderful Life", this happens every time a bell rings
An angel gets its wings
What cartoon character’s name is used to indicate a small, thin, or just plain undesirable Christmas tree?
Charlie Brown
This company created the first electric Christmas lights in 1882.
What is Edison Electric Light Company?
In 'Mean Girls', which Christmas song do the plastics get up on stage and perform?
What is "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby Helms
What plants are associated with Yule?
What are Holly, Ivy, Mistletoe, and Evergreens
When it is snowing on Christmas Day we call it this
What is a White Christmas
This Christmas themed ballet features the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"
The Nutcracker
The source of Frosty's powers
What is his hat?
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree tradition started in this decade.
What is the 1930s?
The world’s tallest Christmas tree on record stood over 200 feet tall and was displayed in this U.S. state.
What is Washington?
Kwanzaa was first celebrated in the U.S. in what decade?
What is The 1960s.
Dr. Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966 to unite the African-American community.
Advent calendars were first used in this country.
What is Germany?
This carol, originally titled Stille Nacht, was first performed in Austria in 1818.
What is Silent Night?
This classic 1946 Christmas movie centers around a man named George Bailey
What is It's a Wonderful Life?
This was the first state in the US to officially recognize Christmas.
What is Alabama?
The country with the largest export of Christmas trees
Canada