Carol Kings
This unlikely duo performed a melody of Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy behind a grand piano in 1977.
Who is Bing Crosby and David Bowie?
Used by German Lutherans in the 19th and 20th centuries, it often started as early as November 27th to as late as December 3rd.
What is an ADVENT CALENDAR?
In this decade on Christmas Day, Arab oil ministers cancel January 5% production cut; Saudi Arabian oil minister promises 10% OPEC production rise.
What is the 1970's?
(December 25, 1973)
The location Santa keeps all his money.
What is a "SNOW BANK"?
Christmas movie or not, the debate continues while 1.3 million Americans watched this movie on Christmas Eve in 2016 on the DISH Network.
What is "DIE HARD" with Bruce Willis?
This is the alternative name to John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1971 song "Happy Xmas".
What is "War is Over"?
This parasitic plant used in Christmas decorations is Oklahoma's official floral emblem. The territorial legislature so designated the plant on February 11, 1893.
What is MISTLETOE?
In this year, George Washington crosses the Delaware and surprises 1,400 Hessians on Christmas.
What is 1776?
The difference between the Christmas alphabet and the ordinary alphabet.
What is "Christmas alphabet has No-el"?
This location was the vacation destination for the McCallisters when they left Kevin behind in Home Alone.
What is PARIS, France?
Before playing Catwoman on TV and being the voice of Yzma from the Emperor’s New Groove, Eartha Kitt was the first to record this sultry holiday request in 1953.
What is SANTABABY?
This Christmas tradition originated with a 2005 children's picture book, written by Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell, and illustrated by Coë Steinwart.
What is "ELF ON THE SHELF"?
This 1812 Brothers Grimm fairy tale was the inspiration for the first gingerbread houses.
What is "HANSEL and GRETEL"?
Delivers Christmas presents to sharks.
Who is "SANTA JAWS"?
Not long after winning his 1941 Academy Award for best actor, his wartime service came at a high personal price; he was grounded for being “flak happy,” today called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD played a part in his most famous Christmas character and his recovery. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1985.
Who is Jimmy Stewart?
Played George Bailey from “It’s A Wonderful Life”.
This pole is referred to in the original "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch!"
What is a "Thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole"?
Europeans described it in 1834 as a commercially important plant species of the diverse spurge family is indigenous to Mexico and Central America.
What is a POINSETTIA?
This foreign country's holiday tradition is eating KFC Chicken on December 25th.
What is JAPAN?
This is every elf’s favorite type of music.
What is "WRAP"?
The name of the main villain in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Who is OOGIE BOOGIE?
This Christmas song has a not so obvious connection to the formula (N x (N+1))/2 also used in “sum of the years’ digits”.
What is "The Twelve Days of Christmas"?
The earliest documentation of this tradition is in 1611 which incorporated Rosicrucian imagery sent by Michael Maier to James I of England and his son Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales.
What is a CHRISTMAS / GREETING CARD?
In this decade, a powerful undersea earthquake that struck off the coast of Sumatra island, Indonesia, set off the Indian Ocean Tsunami, also known as the Christmas or Boxing Day Tsunami.
What is the 2000-2009 decade?
Sunday morning, December 26, 2004
This is what you call a bankrupt Santa.
Who is "Saint Nickel-less"?.
One of his Christmas quotes include, “Oh yeah. Last season he was a pixie dust spreader on a tilt-a-whirl. He thinks that maybe next year, he’ll be guessing peoples’ weight or barking for the Yak Woman. You ever see her? She’s got these big horns growing right out above her ears. She’s ugly as sin but a sweet gal and a (expletive) of a good cook.”
Who is COUSIN EDDIE?
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - 1989