Holly Jolly Characters
There were no creatures stirring on the night before Christmas, not even one of these
What is a mouse?
Children who misbehave may find a lump of this black rock in their stockings on Christmas morning
What is Coal?
This familiar sleighing song was the first Earth tune played in outer space
What is “Jingle Bells”?
The English also refer to Santa Claus by this proper-sounding name
What is Father Christmas?
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?
When the Grinch discovers the true meaning of Christmas, his heart grows this number of sizes
What is three?
The wise men are said to have brought these three gifts for the baby Jesus, not the most useful items to give a newborn.
What are gold, frankincense, and myrrh?
Popping tubes used in the U.K. to hold gifts and small treats go by this explosive name.
What are Christmas crackers?
This real-life department store served as the setting for the Christmas film “Miracle on 34th Street”
What is Macy’s?
Instead of receiving cash as a holiday bonus in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”, Clark Griswold receives this sweet yet disappointing surprise.
What is a subscription to the Jelly of the Month club?
At Christmastime, Santa rings a bell in front of grocery stores and collects money in red kettles for this charitable organization.
What is the Salvation Army?
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?
You can get your Christmas card postmarked not at the North Pole, but at the city called North Pole, located in this, the largest U.S. state.
What is Alaska?
This beverage giant was the first company to use Santa Claus in an advertising campaign.
What is Coca-Cola?
In Mexico, children break open these hanging papier mache sculptures to release the gifts inside
What are pinatas?
Santa keeps these two lists to track which children get presents and which get none.
What are the Naughty and Nice lists?
This tradition, now associated with Christmas, began in Ancient Greece as a blessing of fertility in wedding ceremonies
What is kissing under the mistletoe?
It is Hawaii’s way to say, “Merry Christmas to you.”
What is “Mele kalikimaka”?
This giggling red monster was the hit of the holidays as the best-selling Christmas toy of 1996
What is Tickle Me Elmo?
This magical household figure moves from room to room, helping Santa by making sure children are being good
What is the Elf on the Shelf?
This type of calendar contains pockets filled with treats, one for each day of December through Christmas Day.
What is an advent calendar?
n Germany, this frightening anti-Santa Claus with goat’s hooves and horns punishes children who misbehave instead of bringing them gifts
Who (or what) is Krampus?
A witch drops presents down chimneys in this European country’s Christmas traditions.
What is Italy?
The name “Santa Claus” appears in the Christmas poem “T’was the Night Before Christmas” this number of times.
What is zero?