Christmas History
The other name(s) for Santa.
What is Kris Kringle or St Nick?
Alvin the Chipmunk wants this for Christmas.
What is a hula hoop?
The four food groups according to Buddy in Elf.
What is candy, candy canes, candy corn and syrup?
The original Santa color scheme.
What is green?
Japan's favorite Christmas meal.
What is Kentucky Fried Chicken?
The first Christmas tree ornaments.
What is fruit and nuts?
The amount that people spend on gifts at Christmas.
What is $1000?
The song that tops Billboards lists the all time greatest holiday song.
All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey
The gender of Santa's reindeer.
What is female?
Male reindeer shed their antlers before winter.
The average time it takes for a tree to reach the average height for a Christmas tree.
What is 7?
It can take from 4 to 15 years.
The country that candy canes orginated in.
What is Germany? (popular for Christmas in 1847)
This video game console has sold the most units.
What is PlayStation 2?
158.7 Million
The state where Home Alone was filmed.
What is Illinois (Winnetka)?
The average temp at the North Pole.
What is 40 degrees F below zero?
The height of the largest tree at Rockfeller Center.
What is 100 feet?
In 1999
The year the Rockfeller Center tree tradition started.
What is 1931?
Percent of people that buy all of their gifts online.
What is 6%?
93% buy some gifts online
41% buy half of their gifts online
The department store that is featured in Miracle on 34th Street.
What is Macy's?
The beverage company that has used Santa in it's ads since 1931.
What is Coca-Cola?
In the U.S., the most common meal on Christmas Day.
What is turkey?
The inventor who invented the first electric Christmas lights used on a Christmas tree.
Who is Thomas Edison?
The number of gifts given in the Twelve Days of Christmas.
364 - one for every day of the year except Christmas
Marv's calling card in the movie Home Alone, he did this at every house.
What is leave the water running?
The decade that it became tradition to leave milk and cookies out for Santa on Christmas Eve.
What is 1870s?
The percent of American's that celebrate Christmas.
What is 85%?