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This is the family name of Tiny Tim and his father Bob in Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol.”
What is Cratchit?
The tradition of using a decorated tree as a symbol of Christmas began in this European country.
What is Germany?
In “A Holly, Jolly Christmas,” singer Burl Ives suggests that you say hello to these two classifications of people.
What are folks you know and everyone you meet?
In “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, the carolers threaten to stay put until they receive this proper English dish.
What is figgy pudding?
This object contains pockets filled with treats, one for each day of December through Christmas Day.
What is an advent calendar?
Visions of these holiday treats danced in the heads of the children “nestled, all snug in their beds.”
What are sugarplums?
This holiday, observed in the U.K. on the day after Christmas, originated as a way for the rich to give their servants boxes of items to share with their families.
What is Boxing Day?
With more than 50 million copies sold, this classic Christmas tune holds the Guinness World Record for the all-time best-selling single.
What is White Christmas?
In “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” Grandma had been drinking too much of this festive holiday beverage.
What is eggnog?
The main characters in Coca-Cola’s Christmas advertising campaign.
What are Polar Bears?
The name “Santa Claus” appears in the Christmas poem “T’was the Night Before Christmas” this number of times.
What is zero?
This tradition, now associated with Christmas, began in Ancient Greece as a blessing of fertility.
What is kissing under the mistletoe?
Spotify has a playlist featuring 100 different versions of this holiday bop, which was originally written and recorded by 1980s Brit Pop duo Wham!
What is “Last Christmas”?
This traditional Christmas beverage, made with brandy, fruit juices, and spices, is also the subject of an English folk song.
What is wassail?
During the holidays, this famous New York City landmark features a colossal Christmas tree and a popular ice-skating rink.
What is Rockefeller Center?
The total number of ghosts that visit Ebenezer Scrooge in the Dickens novel, “A Christmas Carol” is this.
What is four? (Bob Marley, Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Christmas Future)
A witch drops presents down chimneys in this European country’s Christmas traditions on January 5.
What is Italy?
These barnyard beasts kept time for a humble percussionist in the Christmas carol, “The Little Drummer Boy”.
What are the ox and lamb?
Consumers buy an estimated two million of these sugary Christmas loaves each year, a surprising amount for a dessert many people love to hate.
What is fruitcake?
The wise men brought these three gifts for the baby Jesus, not the most useful items to give a newborn.
What are gold, frankincense, and myrrh?
Rather than dining on turkey, the Whos in Whoville in Dr. Seuss’s Christmas classic “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” enjoy this descriptively named main dish.
What is roast beast?
The Ukrainian legend of this crawling creature inspired the Christmas of hiding a similarly shaped ornament on the tree in its honor.
What is a spider?
This familiar song was the first Earth tune played in outer space.
What is “Jingle Bells”?
Christmas pies, served in many English-speaking countries, are also known by this more descriptive name, inspired by the blend of beef suet and fruit in the filling
What are mincemeat pies?
This giggling red monster was the hit of the holidays as the best-selling Christmas toy of 1996.
What is Tickle Me Elmo?