Holiday Song Intros
Brian, play song #1
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All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey
This is how many sizes the Grinch's heart grew on Christmas Day.
3 sizes
("And what happened then? Well...in Whoville they say,
That the Grinch's small heart Grew three sizes that day! ")
This government agency started tracking Santa's journey around the world in 1955.
NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command)
Name all three of Santa's reindeer whose names start with D.
Donner, Dancer, and Dasher
This holiday always starts on the 25th day of the month of Kislev, according to the Hebrew calendar.
Hanukkah
A Christmas Carol
Brian, play song #2
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Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt
This is where the Grinch lives.
Mount Crumpit
(Also accept: "Just north of Whoville")
This is the Roman holiday from which Christmas inherited many of its traditions.
Saturnalia
This new tradition started in 2005 and involves a little spy in your home.
Elf on the Shelf
This holiday is based on African harvest festival traditions from various parts of West and Southeast Africa.
Kwanzaa
This is the number of ghosts in A Christmas Carol.
Four (Jacob Marley + 3 Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Future)
Brian, play song #3
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Last Christmas by Wham!
This is the last thing the Grinch took from the first house he stole from.
The log for their fire
("Then the last thing he took Was the log for their fire! Then he went up the chimney, himself, the old liar.")
A Christmas truce paused some fighting in 1914 during this war.
WWI
This common Christmas plant is actually poisonous to both humans and pets.
Mistletoe
This holiday is originally from Eastern Europe, and includes the tradition of putting candy in children's shoes.
St. Nicholas' Day
Brian, play song #4
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Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney
This is what the Grinch hates about Christmas presents.
The Noise.
("For Tomorrow, he knew, all the Who girls and boys,
Would wake bright and early. They'd rush for their toys!
And then! Oh, the noise! Oh, the Noise!
Noise! Noise! Noise!
That's one thing he hated! The NOISE!
NOISE! NOISE! NOISE!")
This is the (modern-day) country that the historical Saint Nicholas is from.
Turkey
This fairy tale inspired the first gingerbread houses in the 19th century.
Hansel and Gretel
This British holiday was originally focused on giving gifts to the poor.
Brian, play song #5
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Judy Garland
This is for how many years the Grinch put up with Christmas before trying to steal it.
53 Years
("Why, for fifty-three years I've put up with it now!"
"I MUST stop this Christmas from coming! But HOW?")
This US state was the last to declare Christmas as an official holiday.
Oklahoma
Eating KFC chicken is a popular Christmas tradition in this country.
Japan
This Seinfeld holiday features an unadorned aluminum pole and traditions such as the "airing of grievances."
Festivus