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This real-life department store served as the setting for the Christmas film “Miracle on 34th Street”.
What is Macy’s?
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 type of calendar contains pockets filled with treats, one for each day of December through Christmas Day.
What is an advent calendar?
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?
In “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” this character recites the Bible passage detailing the angel appearing to shepherds in the fields.
Who is Linus?
In the classic stop-motion animation Christmas special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” Hermie the Elf would rather be this as an occupation.
What is a dentist?
In “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” Grandma had been drinking too much of this festive holiday beverage.
What is eggnog?
These candlelit paper lanterns are a Christmas tradition in Mexico and in the Southwestern U.S.
What are luminarias?
One of the key flavors in eggnog is this aromatic spice, often sprinkled on top as a garnish.
What is nutmeg?
This is the family name of Tiny Tim and his father Bob in Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol.”
What is Cratchit?
The number of lights on the Griswold house in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.”
What is 25,000?
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” features a Christmas song composed especially for the show, with lyrics written on the back on an envelope in ten minutes by the show’s producer.
What is “Christmas Time is Here”?
It takes more than eight million lights to decorate this “magic kingdom” for Christmas.
What is Disneyland?
One in three men wait until this day to do their Christmas shopping.
What is Christmas Eve?
This “Home Alone” character fends off a pair of robbers by building slapstick traps in his house.
Who is Kevin McAlister?
This is all Clarence wants for Christmas in the movie It's a Wonderful Life.
What are Wings?
This instrumental Christmastime theme from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite was also used in early versions of the video game Tetris.
What is Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy?
This popular animal character began as a promotional character for Montgomery Ward department stores.
Who is Rudolph?
This dark fairy tale about a brother, a sister, and a witch they meet in the woods, was the inspiration for gingerbread houses.
What is Hansel and Gretel?
This piece of clothing brought Frosty the Snowman to life.
What is his old silk hat?
This character took over the North Pole in The Santa Clause 3.
Who is Jack Frost?
It may sound like a composition from the Middle Ages, but this classic Christmas hymn appeared in 1843 and made its debut in 1847.
What is “O Holy Night”?
This tradition, now associated with Christmas, began in Ancient Greece as a blessing of fertility in wedding ceremonies.
What is kissing under the mistletoe?
This is the name for the curved part of the candy cane.
What is a warble?
He played the ghost of Christmas past in Mickey’s Christmas Carol.
Who is Jiminy Cricket?