Holiday Movie Franchises
Stock Symbols
Actor Roles
The Grinch(s)
Company Flops
100

The Santa Clause franchise spans 3 movies and, now, a limited series (The Santa Clauses). The main character of Santa/Scott Calvin is played by this actor.

Tim Allen

100

SBUX

Starbucks

100

Boy in Police Station
Bud Fox
Ricky Vaughn

Charlie Sheen

100

The name of Grinch's dog

Max

100

Founded just three years ago and headquartered in the Bahamas, this now bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange had over one million users at its peak in 2021. 

FTX

200

A made-for-TV spinoff of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, this 2003 movie starred Randy Quaid reprising his role as this character from the original film.

Cousin Eddie ("National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie’s Island Adventure")

200

HD

The Home Depot

200

Scott Hatteberg
Owen Grady
Emmet Brickowski

Chris Pratt

200

Fill in the blank: "And what happened then? Well...in Whoville they say, that the Grinch's small heart grew ____ sizes that day!"

3

200

This company seemed too good to be true -- because it was. Offering people the chance to watch one movie a day in theaters, for the low price of $9.99 a month, turned out to be an unsustainable business model.

MoviePass

300

In an attempt to recapture the warmth and familiarity of the famous stop-motion Christmas specials of Rankin/Bass productions, Warner Bros. Animation produced their own stop-motion animation of this popular holiday film in 2014.

"Elf" ("Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas")

300

KO

Coca-Cola

300

Private James Francis Ryan
Tom Ripley
Linus Caldwell

Matt Damon

300

According to the song, the Grinch has termites in this part of his body.

In his smile

300

Once valued at $9 billion and seemingly poised to revolutionize medicine, this company went out of business in 2018 after the Wall Street Journal exposed that the company’s proprietary blood test didn’t actually work.

Theranos

400

In "A Christmas Story Christmas" (2022), a sequel to the 1983 classic, "A Christmas Story", Scut Farkus, Ralphie's childhood bully, is now in this profession. 

Law Enforcement (a Police Officer)

400

BA

Boeing

400

Jules Winnfield
Detective PK Highsmith
Agent Neville Flynn

Samuel L. Jackson

400
This man directed the live-action "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" movie (2000)

Ron Howard

400

After reaching a $50 billion valuation, this commercial real estate company imploded in 2019. It all went wrong when the company filed an IPO, revealing that is was hemorrhaging money at an unsustainable pace.

WeWork

500

After the original "Home Alone" movie debuted in 1990, there have been 5 sequels/remakes, the most recent coming out in 2021 which premiered exclusively on Disney+.

"Home Sweet Home Alone"

500

DAL

Delta Airlines

500

Benjamin Barry
Mickey Haller
Mark Hanna

Matthew McConaughey

500

The Grinch lives on this mountain, overlooking Whoville.

Mt. Crumpit

500

Even with a monumental marketing campaign, this social media website that launched in 2011 failed to distinguish itself from Facebook and never took off in the same manner. It still exists today, but is mostly used to store photos.

Google+

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