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What year was Jane Austen born?
What is 1775? (December 16th)
There is a lot of debate around whether this action movie, starring Bruce Willis, is, in fact, a Christmas movie. Name the movie.
What is Die Hard.
What fruit is traditionally placed in Christmas stockings?
What are Oranges?
In Austria, an evil goat demon named this terrorizes children who are on the naughty list during a December 5 Christmas festival.
What is Krampus
I am celebrated in the UK and even some other European countries, and am sometimes associated with Saint Stephen, despite my name, no punching is allowed.
What is boxing day?
Which novel famously opens with the line, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife”?
What is Pride and Prejudice
In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, what magical gift does Harry receive for his first Christmas at Hogwarts?
What is the invisibility cloak.
In the Christmas Carol "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," what traditional pudding are singers demanding?
What is a figgy pudding?
In Japan, December 25th is a day for a finger lickin' delicious Christmas dinner as locals go to this famous fast food restaurant for their Holiday victuals.
What is Kentucky Fried Chicken?
Ancient people used me to celebrate the winter solstice and even the Roman god Saturn, and thought I would keep away witches, ghosts, evil spirits and illness, then 16th century Germans transformed my meaning.
What is a Christmas Tree?
Which of Austen’s novels inspired the popular 1995 movie Clueless?
What is Emma?
Name the classic movie (and book) character who was visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve and changed his outlook on life as a result.
Who is Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol.
Potato pancakes fried in oil are a traditional food as part of which holiday?
What is Hanukkah?
In Iceland, an enormous one of these, usually kept as a pet, roams the countryside during Christmas season devouring people who do not get new clothes before Christmas Eve.
What is a cat?
I was created in a 1939 poem by a department store advertising employee in Chicago, and I eventually got my own song in 1949 and did join all the reindeer games.
Who is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer?
Which county in England was Austen born in?
What is Hampshire
In the movie Love, Actually Hugh Grant's character starts a new job. What is the job?
What is Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
In the movie Elf, what does Buddy the Elf put on his spaghetti?
What is maple syrup?
In Ukraine, it is common to an ornament fashioned after this, based on the tale of a poor old woman who could not afford to decorate her tree only to find a little friend from nature has spun some tinsel for her.
What is a spiderweb?
Though I was already the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, toymakers, unmarried people, and students, I became a bigger deal in the 1700s, then became a huge global star with my current appearance around 1902.
Who is Saint Nicholas (of Myra), the original Santa Claus?
Who was initially listed as being the author of Jane Austen's first published novel, Sense and Sensibility?
Who is "A Lady"
In the movie Home Alone, Kevin McCallister plays a gangster movie to trick the burglars. What is the name of the movie?
What is Angels with Filthy Souls.
In Spain, what do people traditionally eat at midnight on New Year's Eve for good luck?
What are twelve grapes (Each grape represents good luck for a different month of the coming year.)
In South Wales, in a spooky Christmas tradition, locals wander the streets knocking on their neighbors' doors while carrying a pole with the skull of this long-faced animal at the top.
What is a horse?
Aladin the camel was a part of Christmas festivities at this famous American’s home.
Who is George Washington?