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❓In Austria, during a popular tradition, which figure is known for punishing naughty children?
✅ Who is Krampus?
❓ This Dr. Seuss character famously hates Christmas, noise, and forced cheer.
✅ Who is the Grinch?
❓ This song was originally written for Thanksgiving, not Christmas.
✅ What is Jingle Bells?
❓ This movie involves a train.
✅ What is The Polar Express
❓ Early Christmas trees were decorated with this dangerous item before electricity existed.
✅ What are real candles?
❓ In Japan, it’s popular to eat this fast-food meal on Christmas.
✅ What is KFC?
❓ The Grinch lives just outside this relentlessly cheerful town.
✅ What is Whoville?
❓Who sings Santa Baby? (Original singer)
✅ Eartha Kitt
❓ In what movie is Clark Griswold’s meltdown caused by his Christmas bonus?
✅ What is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation?
❓ This decoration exists mostly to be untangled for hours once a year.
✅ What are Christmas lights?
❓ This country celebrates Christmas with a tradition called Las Posadas.
✅ What is Mexico?
❓ In the live-action version, the Grinch’s personality is heavily implied to stem from this.
✅ What is childhood trauma?
❓ What is the name of the songs people traditionally sing at Christmas?
✅ Carols
❓ In what movie does a boy die if help doesn't come in time?
✅ What is A Christmas Carol?
❓ What is the Christmas flower in a pot that is popular in many households?
✅ What is a Poinsettia?
❓ In Ukraine, Christmas trees are sometimes decorated with this symbol.
✅ What are spider webs?
❓ Jim Carrey reportedly had to undergo training to endure this part of the role.
✅ What is wearing extreme prosthetic makeup for hours?
❓ This song contains the lyric “Later we’ll have some pumpkin pie,” despite having nothing to do with Christmas Day itself.
✅ What is Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree?
❓ In which movie is the main character's love interest played by Zooey Deschanel?
✅ What is Elf?
❓ This Christmas decoration represents the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem.
✅ What is the nativity scene
❓ In Catalonia, this unusual Christmas figure is a pooping log or figurine.
✅ What is Caga Tió (or El Caganer)?
❓ This character’s entire personality is “I can fix him” — but only after he ruins the town’s Christmas.
✅ Who is Martha May Whovier?
❓ This Christmas song hit No. 1 nearly 30 years after its original release.
✅ What is All I Want for Christmas Is You?
❓ In which movie does Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) become Santa only after causing an accidental event?
✅ What is The Santa Clause?
❓ Early Christmas ornaments often included this natural food item before glass became common.
✅ What are apples?
❓ During Las Posadas, children often break this star-shaped object filled with candy.
✅ What is a piñata?
❓ This honorary title is offered to the Grinch as a PR stunt, proving Whoville thinks trauma can be solved with pageantry.
✅ What is the Cheermeister title?
❓Who gets hit by a reindeer?
✅ Who is Grandma?
❓ In which movie does the main character sing "What's This?" when regarding Christmas?
✅ What is A Nightmare Before Christmas?
❓ The most common inflatable character seen on front lawns in December.
✅ Who is Santa Claus?