Holiday Movies
A young boy named Kevin is accidentally left behind when his family goes on vacation.
What is Home Alone
This holiday beverage is made with milk, sugar, eggs, and often flavored with vanilla or nutmeg.
What is eggnog?
This Christmas carol, written in 1857, was originally intended as a Thanksgiving song.
What is Jingle Bells?
These plants, traditionally hung during Christmas, are associated with the custom of kissing beneath them.
What is mistletoe?
In this 2003 comedy, Billy Bob Thornton plays a cynical and profane mall Santa.
What is Bad Santa?
2004 animated film featuring Jim Carrey as the voice of the Grinch.
What is How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
This Charles Dickens novella, first published in 1843, introduced the world to Ebenezer Scrooge.
What is A Christmas Carol?
This 1994 hit by Mariah Carey continues to break records every holiday season.
What is All I Want for Christmas is You?
This country claims to be the birthplace of St. Nicholas, the historical figure who inspired the modern-day Santa Claus.
What is Turkey?
This 1996 animated film features the journey of a boy who boards a magical train to the North Pole.
What is The Polar Express?
1946 classic Christmas movie about a man named George Bailey and his guardian angel, Clarence.
What is It's a Wonderful Life?
This country celebrates the New Year by eating 12 grapes at the stroke of midnight, one for each chime on the clock.
What is Spain?
Written by Irvin Berlin, this song wishes for peace during the holiday season.
What is Happy Holidays?
This Nordic country is known for the tradition of the "Yule Lads," 13 mischievous figures who come to town 13 days before Christmas.
What is Iceland?
2003 comedy in which Will Ferrell's character goes to New York City in search for his real father.
What is Elf?
In this 1990 movie, a young boy befriends a magical snowman who comes to life.
What is Jack Frost
This Kwanzaa tradition represents the harvest and is celebeated with gifts and a communal fest.
What is Karamu?
The song "Feliz Navidad" is a Spanish-language Christmas favorite by this Puerto Rican artist.
Who is Jose Feliciano?
This Hanukkah food is traditionally deep-fried and made from potato.
What are latkes?
In this 1987 movie, a department store Santa convinces a young girl that he's the real Santa Claus.
What is Miracle on 34th Street?
1989 comedy that features Bill Murray as a TV executive who gets visited by three ghosts.
What is Scrooged?
This British royal figure popularized the Christmas tree tradition after her marriage to Prince Albert.
Who is Queen Victoria?
This holiday song, written by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn in 1945, was inspired during a California heat wave.
What is Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
The name "Santa Claus" is derived from this Dutch name for St. Nicholas.
What is Sinterklaas?
Movie where a couple decides to skip Christmas and go on a cruise. Their neighbors help them pull an emergency party when their daughter decides to come home at the last minute.
What is Christmas with the Cranks?