Festive Facts
Including Rudolph, Santa has this many reindeer.
What is nine?
The Marine Corps Reserve's annual charity event, donating to over 7 million children a year.
What is Toys for Tots?
"O'er the fields we go,
Laughing all the way
______ __ _________ ring,
Making spirits bright"
What is "Bells on bobtails"?
Frozen precipitation in a rollable, throwable form.
What is "snow ball(s)"?
Charlie Flight's favorite holiday staple - best served with jam and crackers. Rhymes with "free please."
What is "brie cheese"?
This ancient city, famously renamed since, hosted the first feast in observance of Christmas.
What is Constantinople?
This famous river crossing happened on Christmas Day, 1776.
What is George Washington's Crossing of the Delaware River?
"_____ _________ we bring to you and your kin,
We wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year"
What is "Good tidings"?
Chimes made of the second place metal.
What is "silver bells"?
This cadet participated in the highly-anticipated and much-appreciated Caroling Tour by the Glee Club.
Who is C/Roberts?
This country made the first artificial Christmas tree, out of dyed goose feathers.
What is Germany?
This operation, named after a jolly saint, is a joint effort between the Salvation Army and National Guard that brings holiday cheer (a.k.a. presents) to children across remote Alaska.
What is Operation Santa Claus?
"Once _______ and twice shy,
I keep my distance, but you still catch my eye"
What is "bitten"?
Confectionary prop.
What is "candy cane"?
The GMC played this at their holiday party, a derivative of "white elephant."
What is "white falcon"?
This plant, whose name literally translates to "dung twig," is a festive feature of holiday romance.
What is mistletoe?
This president ordered the "11 Days of Christmas," 11 consecutive days of air raids in North Vietnam.
Who is President Richard Nixon?
"See the ________ _____ before us,
Fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la,
Strike the harp and join the chorus,
Fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la"
What is "blazing yule"?
Women's (or Scottish man's) clothing item decorated with pines and evergreens.
What is "tree skirt"?
This Christmas movie, about a boy's journey toward the perfect (eye-threatening) present is set in Detachment 225's home state.
What is "A Christmas Story"?
St. Nick hails from this maritime city in Asia Minor (will also accept the country).
What is Myra (or Turkey)?
The Defense Department's longest-running humanitarian operation, starting in 1952 as a spur-of-the-moment supply drop in the Indo-Pacific. Its name rhymes with "Operation Christmas Mop."
What is Operation Christmas Drop?
"The word is out,
______ ___ ______,
So lift a glass,
Oh, don't look down"
What is "about the town"?
Caryopses baking above exposed flame.
What is "chestnuts roasting on an open fire"?
The elf who's taken up residence in the AFL.
Who is "Lucky"?