Holiday Tunes
Christmas Traditions
The Small and Big screen
Christmas Around
the World
the World
The meaning of Christmas
All things "Santa"
100
This popular song has the phrase "In a one-horse open sleigh".
What is "Jingle Bells"?
100
Naughty kids get this at Christmas.
What are lumps of coal?
100
This is the number of reindeer that pull Santa's sleigh in "Rudolf the red nosed reindeer".
What is 9?
100
This is how you say "Merry Christmas" to someone when you are in Mexico.
What is "Felix Navidad"?
100
The angels told these animal caretakers of Jesus' birth first.
Who are the shepherds?
100
This Saint is the basis for Santa Clause.
Who is Saint Nicholas?
200
Fill in the blank: "On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me:___"
What is "A partridge in a pear tree"?
200
Kids leave these out for Santa at night.
What are milk and cookies?
200
Based on a book, this animated film is about a train that carries kids to the North Pole.
What is "The Polar Express"?
200
The French word “Noel” is often used around Christmas, but what was its original meaning in Latin?
a) Happy
b) Birth
c) Forever
What is the word for birth/to be born?
200
The name of the angel that delivered the baby Jesus message to Mary.
Who is Gabriel?
Luke 1:26
200
An account of Santa and his reindeer delivering gifts in this famous story by Clement Moore.
What is "Twas the Night Before Christmas"?
300
What are (black) spiders?
In the song “Mr. Grinch,” his brain is full of this.
300
The game where you give each other anonymous Christmas gifts.
What is Secret Santa?
300
The Grinch tried to take Christmas away from which residents of which town.
Who is the Who's in Whoville?
300
This popular jingle was the first song to be sung in outer space when astronauts aboard the Gemini 6 spacecraft sang this popular, traditional carol in 1965.
What is "Jingle Bells"?
300
He was so jealous and fearful of Jesus that he had every baby boy killed that was born during the time Jesus was born.
Who is King Herod?
300
The beverage company that has been using commercials starring Santa Claus since the 1930's
What is Coca Cola?
400
This Three Dog Night song shares the same title of this traditional church song but they don't "repeat the sounding joy".
What is "Joy to the World"?
400
This tradition happens with a mistletoe during Christmas time.
What is a man and woman standing under the hanging mistletoe and having a kiss?
400
In Home Alone, the McCallister's are going on vacation to this city, when they leave Kevin at home.
What is Paris?
400
The name of a famous Russian ballet about Christmas.
What is "The Nutcracker"?
400
This is the Gospel that tells of the geneology of Jesus.
What is Matthew?
400
This is how many candles Mrs. Claus would put on Santa's birthday cake, roughly, of course.
What is 1700 or 1800?
Born in Turkey in 280 A.D., making him a 1,741 years old!
500
Mariah Carey's "All I want for Xmas is you" debuted in this year.
1994
2000
2006
What is 1994?
500
Legend has it that this traditional sweet tooth treat dates back to 1670, when the choirmaster handed out these among his young singers to keep them quiet. In honor of the occasion, he bent them into shepherds' crooks.
What is the candy cane?
500
The number of ghosts in A Christmas Carol.
What is 4?
(1 ghost that tells Scrooge he will be visited; the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future)
500
This is a common dessert during Christmas in the United Kingdom.
What is Christmas Pudding?
500
This is the cousin of Jesus, born around the same time.
Who is John?
500
In the Alpine regions, this type of Santa comes to punish the naughty children.
Who is Krampus?
600
Nat King Cole sings this song: "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, jack frost nipping at your nose, Yuletide carols being sung by choir, and folks dressed up like Eskimos".
What is "The Christmas Song"?
600
Edward Johnson, a friend of Thomas Edison, was credited with creating the first version in 1882, and Americans have been using these to decorate their homes ever since.
What are Christmas lights?
600
In the movie "Elf", he says, "Bye Buddy, hope you find your dad".
Who is Mr. Narwhal?
600
This country is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition—as we now know it—in the 16th century when sources record devout Christians bringing decorated trees into their homes.
What is Germany?
600
True or False: There were only 3 wise men who visited Jesus at the manger?
False
Matthew 2:1
600
Santa was a cheerful but single man delivering presents to children. It wasn't until what year that it was first mentioned that Santa had a spouse.
What is 1849?
700
The singer of this song: "Last Christmas I gave you my heart".
Who is George Michael/Wham?
700
Santa's reindeer's have their names on their stables, but one is missing:
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, ______, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph
Who is Cupid?
700
The real-life department store featured in "Miracle on 34th Street".
What is Macy's?
700
He wrote the famous book "A Christmas Carol".
Who is Charles Dickens?
700
This prophet foretold the birth of Jesus.
Who is Isaiah?
Isaiah 7:14; 9:6-7
700
This is how fast Santa has to travel around the world to deliver presents to about 2.5 billion children in the world.
Around 1,800 miles per second?
800
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Paul O'Neill first conceived his "band", his goal "was to create a progressive rock band that would push the boundaries (of the genre) further than any group before... Way, way further."; he got its name from the longest railroad in the world that connects western Russia to the eastern part of Russia.
What is the Trans-Siberian Orchestra?
800
This fairy tale inspired the first gingerbread houses inspired by.
What is Hansel and Gretel?
800
This movie has this line: "Look, Daddy. Teacher says, every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings."
What is "It's a Wonderful Life"?
800
In Mexico, they celebrate the part of the Christmas story where Joseph and Mary looked for somewhere to stay.
What is the "Posada"?
800
The name of the elderly man who recognized Jesus as the Messiah when he was presented at the temple.
Who was Simeon?
Luke 2:25-32
800
Many children in Ukraine will get gifts from this similiar gift-giver.
Who is St. Nicholas (known as Svyatyi Mykolai)?
900
Fill in the blank: "On the tenth day of xmas my true gave to me:___"
What is "ten lords a-leaping"?
900
In 1853, this president is credited with bringing the first Christmas Tree to the White House.
Who is President Franklin Pierce?
900
Ralphie Parker spends most of his time dreaming of his ideal Christmas gift in "The Christmas Story".
What is the "Red Ryder" air rifle?
900
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Back in 1974, Kentucky Fried Chicken released a festive marketing campaign that has become a unique tradition, where millions would never let the season go by without having KFC on the dinner table. Don't be surprised to see Colonel Sanders statues in a Santa Claus outfit in this country.
What is Japan?
900
It was this many days after the birth of Christ that Joseph and Mary gave him the name Jesus.
What is 8?
(Luke 2:21)
900
Although Santa travels alone while making his trip, one of these two popular websites let you monitor his trip on Christmas Eve night.
What is Google's Santa Tracker or NORAD?
1000
Who sang the highest selling Christmas Song of all time?
Who is Bing Crosby? (White Christmas)
1000
According to some, this Emperor invented Christmas.
Who is the Roman emperor Constantine?
1000
Santa's sleigh is powered by the 500-reindeer power jet turbine engine by this name in the movie Elf.
What is the Kringle 3000?
1000
This Christmas tree tradition is believed to have started in Germany in which this brined food is hidden somewhere within the branches of the tree, and gives a special treat to whichever child finds it.
What is hanging a pickle in a tree?
1000
This is the king who ordered the census, leading to Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem.
Who is Ceaser Augustus?
Luke 2:1
1000
The current depiction of Santa Claus is based on images drawn by this cartoonist of Harper’s Weekly beginning in 1863.
Who is Thomas Nast?