The First Christmas
It was prophesied that the Messiah would be born in this specific town in Israel.
What is Bethlehem?
In 1969, White House Assistant Executive Chef Hans Raffert started a White House Christmas tradition by making a traditional German A-frame one of these.
What is a gingerbread house?
This Christmas tree, iconic to New Yorkers, is celebrated with an NBC broadcast each year to celebrate its lighting.
What is the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree?
In his famous live recording of Santa Clause is coming to town, Bruce Springsteen asks one of his band members during the bridge if Santa's going to bring him a new one of these for Christmas.
What is a saxophone?
This Gardner shares a birthday with 5-time NBA MVP and the artist with the worldwide best selling album of 2017.
Who is Brooke?
Though not his place of birth, Jesus was primarily raised and considered to be from this town.
What is Nazareth?
In 2023, the White house celebrated Christmas by putting up 98 of these around the whole complex.
What are Christmas trees?
The final season of Seinfeld introduced the concept of Festivus to the world. The episode comes to consummation when this character starts his Festivus airing of grievances by saying, "I got a lot of problems with you people!"
Who is Frank Costanza?
"So I'm offering this simple phrase, to kids from 1-___"
What is 92?
For their first date, Grandpa Dave and Grandma Emily went to one of these?
What is a Drive-In Movie?
This Angel was tasked with announcing to Mary that she would miraculously have a baby.
Who is Gabriel?
President Andrew Jackson's "frolic" for the children of his household in 1835 was a party that included games, dancing, a grand dinner, and ended with an indoor version of this winter activity.
What is a snowball fight?
In the Christmas episode of the Office, Michael Scott gifts this to Ryan, despite there being a $20 limit on the gifts.
What is a video iPod?
I should be playing in the winter snow, but I'ma be under the mistletoe,
With you, ____ with you,
With you, ____ with you,
With you, under the mistletoe
What is shawty?
The not-so-well-known middle name of Grandma Emily
What is Deloris?
Mary's relative, Elizabeth, also miraculously bore this important Biblical figure just 6 months before Mary bore Jesus.
Who is John the Baptist?
In 2023, 142,425 of these decorated the trees, garlands, wreaths and displays in the White House.
What are Christmas/Holiday Lights?
In the movie Elf, Santa's sleigh crashes in this New York City location because not enough people are believing.
What is Central Park?
Don we now our gay apparel
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____ the ancient yuletide carol
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What is troll?
At one point in time, the Gardner family had these two Dalmatians.
Who are Bones and Domino?
Because of King Herod's edict to kill all baby boys born in the region of Jesus's birth, Mary and Joseph fled to this country.
What is Egypt?
According to later accounts, the first White House Christmas party was held in 1800, under this president.
Who is John Adams?
In Die Hard, NYPD Detective John McClane arrives in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve. The tower of the Nakatomi Plaza, where his wife's corporate Christmas party was to be held, is then seized by radical terrorists led by Hans Gruber, originally from this country.
What is Germany?
Members of the Philadelphia Eagles offensive line, Jason Kelce, Lane Johnson, and Jordan Mailata, have united to make three Christmas albums using this as their group name, named after a famous play that the Eagles used to win Super Bowl LII.
What is The Philly Specials?
I hope you budgeted for the correct amount of gifts this Christmas because this many people in the Gardner family tree have December birthdays.
What is 4? (Grandpa Dave, Liz, Gabi, Thomas)