Santa Claus
Stand-Ins
Stand-Ins
This holiday horror, belonging to German and Austrian folklore, is known for snatching kids, putting them in his bag, and taking them back to his lair.
Krampus
Companion to the Grinch, this dog is famous for wearing a single reindeer antler.
Max
My true love sent me this on the Eleventh Day of Christmas.
Eleven Pipers Piping
This food is customary to serve for christmas in Japan. It all started from a fast food ad airing in 1974.
Fried Chicken
If you were born on Christmas day, this would be your star sign.
Capricorn
La Befana, who hails from Italy, is a holiday witch who rides on her broomstick, bringing presents to children while in her search for Jesus. It is common place to leave out this drink for the witch.
Wine
New York cop John McClane travels to this city in the Movie 'Die Hard'
Los Angeles
On this island, you might hear the words 'Mele Kalikimaka' during the holiday season.
Hawaii
In this Country, tradition states that naughty children are given Rotten potatoes.
Iceland
France sent this item to the United States in 1886 as a Christmas Present.
Statue of Liberty
Ded Moroz of Russia, is seen traveling and giving gifts with his granddaughter, the Snow Maiden. There's no Comet or Rudolf here, but his sleigh is pulled by a few of this creature.
Horses
Harry Potter received this item as a gift for his first christmas at Hogwarts.
Invisibility Cloak
The song 'White Christmas' originated from this 1942 Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire movie.
Holiday Inn
In the Netherlands, children leave out these items instead of stockings.
Shoes
DAILY DOUBLE!!
This US state was the last to officially declare Christmas a national holiday.
Oklahoma
Agios Vasilios, aka St. Basil is known as the Santa of Greek culture. During the feast day of St. Basil, families do this to remember the generosity of the saint, but also to encourage him to bring gifts to their home.
Set him a place at their table.
Hugh Grant stars as a British Prime Minister in this christmas themed 2003 Rom-Com.
Love Actually
This song is the most recorded christmas song of all time, with more than 733 different versions copyrighted since 1978.
Silent Night
In Oaxaca, Mexico, December 23 marks La Noche de Rabanos. This celebration features a festival where merchants sell this root vegetable that's been carved into nativity scenes as well as other christmas symbols.
Radishes
The iconic Christmas tree originated in this european country.
Germany
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Icelandic kids and adults look out for the Christmas cat; enormous and black, it patrols the country on Christmas Eve and eats anyone who doesn’t receive this item for Christmas.
A new piece of clothing
This 1990 film is the highest grossing holiday film of all time.
Home Alone
This famous composer is known for creating the music for the festive ballet 'The Nutcracker'
Tchaikovsky
From December 16th-24th, roads in the capital city of Caracas, Venezuela are closed. This sparked a tradition starting in the 1950s where people use this alternative form of transportation to get to mass.
Roller skates
Santa's image wasn't always the jolly, round man with a red coat, beard, and a hat. This depiction of Santa originated from an ad from this company, drawn in 1931 by illustrator Haddon Sundblom.
Coca-Cola