Kanye rapped about "Christmas in" this Manhattan neighborhood north of 110th Street
Harlem
Thanks to smart marketing, many in Japan celebrate Kentyucky Christmas eating this for dinner
Fried Chicken
Sinterklaas arrives via boat from Spain (where he lives the rest of the year, why not?) and parades through this Dutch Capital
Amsterdam
This Southwest U.S. state capital lies in the Northern Rio Grande Valley at about 7000 feet above sea level
Sante Fe
Arriving on November 19, 1867 for a U.S reading tour, this author practiced "A Christmas Carol" in front of the mirror here, now named for him
Charles Dickens
Tyler, The Creator raps "I am" this character, "tell your homeboy in a red suit to chill before I ban him from Who-ville"
The Grinch
Buche de Noel is a chocolate sponge cake resembling a yule this
Log
In 1810 the N.Y. Historical Society drew up a picture of this saint giving gifts but he wears a robe and--woah woah woah!--is bald
Home to a lively nightlife and popular with artists, SAnta Cecilia is a district in this most populous Brazillian city
Sao Paulo
In English, it's "O Christmas Tree"; in German it's "O" this
Tannenbaum
This rapper, real name Christopher Bridges, mixes his name with "Crismas" saying, "all I want for Christmas is 2 gold front teeth"
Ludacris
In the Bahamas, everyone danced in the streets for the Junkanoo celebrations on New Year's and this December 26 holiday
Boxing Day
Not sparing it to spoil the child in "The Childrenls Friend" in 1821, Santa left parents "a long black birchen" this to use
Rod
The Santa Lucia River provides much of the drinking water for this capital of Uruguay
Montevideo
Inspired by "A Christmas Carol", the movie "Scrooged" starred him as a venal TV executive
Bill Murray
In this group's "Player's Ball", Andre 3000 raps, "you thought I'd break my neck to help y'all deck the halls?"
OutKast
In Britain, this alliterative "christmas" this is not a baked good, but a party favor that pops when you pull it open
A cracker
In an old print ad, Santa says a gft bringing "pleasure to every home...is rare indeed. Such a gift, my friends, is Lucky Strike"--these
Cigaretts
the Adriatic
O! American clergyman Phillips Brooks wrote the words to this Christmas carol after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land
"O Little Town of Bethlehem"
This 1980s trio rapped "its Christmas time in Hollis, Queens, moms cooking chicken and collard greens"
Run-DMC
This is a Christmas stapel in Latin America, although some in Central America use banana leaves instead of corn husks
Tamales
Flossie and Glossie were 2 "deer of much intelligence", casually chatting about "sledge" work with Santa in a tale by this "Oz" author
Baum
Santa Cruz is a port and the chief city on the island of Tenerife in these Atlantic Islands
the Canary Islands
"A Christmas Carol" says, "However and wehnever we part from one another, I am sure we shall none of us forget poor" him
Tiney Tim