Christmas food
What is the main ingredient in gingerbread cookies?
Molasses
In Germany, this frightening anti-Santa Claus with goat’s hooves and horns punishes children who misbehave instead of bringing them gifts.
Who (or what) is Krampus?
It is Hawaii’s way to say, “Merry Christmas to you."
What is “Mele kalikimaka”?
This actor played six different roles in the Polar Express.
Who is Tom Hanks?
Name 6 of Santa's reindeers.
Who is Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph?
In “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, the carolers threaten to stay put until they receive this proper English dish.
What is figgy pudding?
This holiday, observed in the U.K. on the day after Christmas, originated as a way for the rich to give their servants boxes of items to share with their families.
What is Boxing Day?
This ex-Beatle wrote and recorded “Wonderful Christmastime” in 1980 for his second solo album.
Who is Paul McCartney?
In the classic stop-motion animation Christmas special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” Hermie the Elf would rather be this as an occupation.
What is a dentist?
This giggling red monster was the hit of the holidays as the best-selling Christmas toy of 1996.
What is Tickle Me Elmo?
The smooth, candy-like hard frosting used to decorate sugar cookies goes by this regal name.
What is royal icing?
Which country did eggnog come from?
England
In The Twelve Days of Christmas, lords a-leaping appear in this quantity.
What is ten?
How many Home Alone movies are there?
What is 6?
It takes this many years for a pine tree to grow to an acceptable Christmas tree height.
What is 15?
These classic Christmas sweets begin as striped loaves before a machine pulls and twists it into thin, hook-shaped treats.
What are candy canes?
The Ukrainian legend of this crawling creature inspired the Christmas of hiding a similarly shaped ornament on the tree in its honor.
What is a spider?
What song do Buddy the Elf and Jovie (played by Zooey Deschanel) sing as a duet in the employee bathroom?
What is Baby It's Cold Outside?
The number of lights on the Griswold house in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.”
What is 25,000?
This holiday from Seinfeld is for "The rest of us".
What is Festivus?
These are the four major food groups for elves in the Christmas film “Elf”.
What are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?
A witch drops presents down chimneys in this European country’s Christmas traditions.
What is Italy?
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” features a Christmas song composed especially for the show, with lyrics written on the back on an envelope in ten minutes by the show’s producer.
What is “Christmas Time is Here”?
This author wrote the famous Christmas story about the grumpy Ebenezer Scrooge.
Who is Charles Dickens?
What color are mistletoe berries?
What is white?