Holiday Movies
What is the city called in the Grinch?
Whoville
The traditional Christmas treat that has red and white strips.
Candy Cane
If a child is naughty, what does Santa bring?
Lump of coal
Where does Santa Live?
Where is "The North Pole"
What are Santa's little helpers called?
Elves
Where does Kevin's family travel to in Home Alone 1?
Paris
What snack is traditionally left out for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve in American homes?
Milk and cookies
What is a group of singers who go door-to-door to sing holiday tunes called?
Carolers
What brings Frosty the Snowman to life?
A magical hat
What holds the candles for Hanukkah?
The Menorah
In A Christmas Story, what does Ralphie's mom say when he asks for a BB gun?
"You'll shoot your eye out"
What fast food restaurant do millions of Japanese families eat at on Christmas?
KFC
A 1974 marketing campaign called "Kentucky for Christmas" lead to the tradition. Its estimated that approx. 3.6 million Japanese families eat KFC every Christmas.
Hanukkah — the Jewish Festival of Lights — includes a nightly lighting of a holiday menorah. How many lights are on a Hannukah menorah?
9
Hanukkah is eight nights long, but the holiday’s menorah has nine lights. The ninth is the shammash, or “helper,” which is used to kindle the other lights.
Which Beatle released the song "Wonderful Christmastime"?
Paul McCartney
What are the two most popular names for Santa Claus?
Kris Kringle and Saint Nick
In the movie "Elf," what are the four main food groups according to Buddy?
Candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup
What is a turducken?
A turkey stuffed with a duck, which is stuffed with a chicken
It takes more than eight million lights to decorate this “kingdom” for Christmas.
Disneyland
In “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” how many reindeer pull Santa’s sleigh?
For bonus points, can you name them all???
9
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and the famous leader, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer!
In Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, what was the first name of Scrooge?
Ebenezer
What real-life celebrity couple stars as Santa and Mrs. Claus in The Christmas Chronicles?
Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn
What is the traditional potato pancake eaten during Hanukkah?
Latkes
In the holiday season, a number of Central European countries honor the (fictional) evil counterpart of St. Nicholas. What is its name?
Krampus
In “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” what is his brain full of?
Spiders
Which branch of the military runs “Toys for Tots”?
The Marines