It's Beginning to Look A lot Like Christmas!
Santa used to look a lot less jolly—more of a strange, spooky ef. It wasn’t until 1931, when the beverage company hired an illustrator named Haddon Sundblom for magazine ads that we got the jolly old elf we know today.
The beverage company who changed Santa's image into the one we know today.
What is Coca-Cola?
The singer of this song.
(stop screen share and play song)
Who is Nat King Cole?
Jesus's Earthly parents.
Who are Mary and Joseph?
Feliz Navidad means Merry Christmas in this language.
What is Spanish?
What words follow “Silent Night” in the song?
What is Holy Night?
The very first Christmas card was printed in London in 1843 by Sir Henry Cole who hired artist John Calcott Horsley to design a holiday card that he could send to his __________.
(Fill in the blank)
Who are his friends?
A. Kissing
B. Tickling
C. Both
What is C. Both.
The place of Jesus' birth.
What is Bethlehem?
The place where the Christmas tree originated.
A. Germany
B. Brazil
C. Canada
D. Poland
What is Germany?
In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, what was the first name of Scrooge?
What is Ebenezer?
The term first used in 1951 to describe the traditional start of the Christmas shopping season, which begins the day after Thanksgiving. A decade later the term was used mockingly because of the commercialized mayhem involved.
What is Black Friday?
This famous Christmas song was created in 1944 for Judy Garland in the musical Meet Me in St. Louis. Frank Sinatra's version of this song is one of the most if the most popular.
What is Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas?
What is a manger?
What is KFC?
The ritual, which began in 1974 with a brilliant marketing campaign, Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii! — Kentucky for Christmas! — now attracts an estimated 3.6 million Japanese residents to KFC restaurants each year. Many people pre-order the 3,336 yen ($40) bucket — which includes cake and champagne — weeks in advance to avoid the two-hour-long waits.
The movie Miracle on 34th Street is based on a real-life department store.
What is Macys?
The first White House Christmas card was sent in 1953 from the administration of President ____________.
(Fill in the blank)
Who is President Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Name three of the things that Earth Kitt asks for in Santa Baby.
What are Sable, light blue 54 convertible, yacht, deed to a platinum mine, duplex, checks, decorations from Tiffany, and a ring.
The three gifts the wise men brought to baby Jesus.
What are gold, frankincense and myrrh?
On Christmas Eve, children leave their shoes out for Niño Dios, the Baby Jesus, to fill although he is gradually being displaced by the more commercial Santa Claus (called San Nicolás or Colacho) in this Central American country.
What is Costa Rica?
The fairy tale that inspired the first gingerbread houses.
What is Hansel and Gretel?
The time period that coincided with the first Rockefeller Christmas tree.
A. World War II
B. The Great Depression
C. The Roaring 20's
What is the Great Depression?
Back in 1929, the stock market crashed and America was launched into the Great Depression. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. owned a $91 million piece of property in Midtown Manhattan that he decided to develop, despite the economy and glut of vacant properties in New York. Ground was broken that year and construction began on a series of buildings that would include Radio City Music Hall and the RCA building. On December 24, 1931, with 64% of New York-area construction workers jobless, those who were employed on the Rockefeller project were so thankful to be working that they placed a twenty-foot balsam fir tree in the muddy building site. They decorated it with paper garlands and tin cans, and later that day lined up in front of it to receive their paychecks.
Cited by many on the internet at the number one Christmas song of all time.
Hint: This singer is known for her five-octave vocal range.
(The song and the singer)
What is All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey?
The name of the angel who told Mary that she would become pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
Who is the angel Gabriel?
This country has the longest and most lavish Christmas season in the world, with holiday light displays, masses and festivals held from September through January. Special Christmas lanterns called ‘parols’ made of bamboo and paper are hung around towns and villages, with some places even holding contests for the most beautiful Christmas decorations. It is tradition for families to come together on Christmas Eve for a big, festive meal. Traditional Christmas treats include puto bumbong, or bamboo tubes stuffed with purple rice, butter, sugar and coconut. Colorful fruits and rice cakes called ‘bibingka’ are also popular in this country.
A. Malaysia
B. The Philippines
C. Indonesia
D. Panamá
What is the Philipines?
The best-selling Christmas song ever.
Hint: It was sung by Bing Crosby
What is White Christmas?