Christmas Movie Quotes
Christmas Movie Facts
Christmas Songs & Lyrics
Christmas Lore & Stories
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100

"Teacher says, every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings" 

Its a Wonderful Life

100

This actor played 6 roles in The Polar Express, including Santa Clause, the conductor, and the narrator.

Tom Hanks

100

In The Twelve Days of Christmas, this gift is given on the 3rd day?

Three French Hens

100

In the poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, St. Nicholas has this many "tiny reindeer" 

Eight

100

NORAD has been tracking Santa's Christmas Eve flight path since the mid part of this decade

1950's (1955)

200

"You'll shoot your eye out!"

A Christmas Story

200

In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the redeemed Grinch's heart grows this many sizes

Three

200

Frosty requests to have some fun before this inevitable eventuality 

he "melts away"

200

Name 2 alternate monikers for Santa Claus in Western culture

Father Christmas, Kris Kingle, Saint Nicholas (St. Nick, Old St. Nick)

200

This American company has been using Santa Clause in their advertising since the 1920's

Coca-Cola

300

"We've been given our parts in the nativity play, and I'm the lobster… the first lobster!"

"There was more than one lobster present at the birth of Jesus??"

Love Actually

300

This Christmas classic was originally a box office flop in 1946, putting the Director in a $525k hole. It didn't gain notoriety until the 1970's

It's a Wonderful Life

300

In The Christmas Song, this "simple phrase" is offered to "kids from one to" what age?

92

300

This is burned in a family's hearth, typically over the 12 days of Christmas

Yule Log

300

At the end of A Charlie Brown Christmas, the children sing this song around the little Christmas tree

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

400

"I never thought it was such a bad little tree.  It's not bad at all, really.  Maybe it just needs a little love."

A Charlie Brown Christmas

400

George C. Scott is widely recognized as the actor who best portrayed this Christmas time character with his 1984 rendition

Ebenezer Scrooge

400

Chestnuts are roasting on an open fire in this simplistically-titled holiday standard

The Christmas Song

400

In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, 4 ghosts  appear to Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve.  Name 2

The Ghosts of Jacob Marley, Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come

400

Dating back to at least the 18th century, the custom of putting up a Christmas tree in one's home originated in this country

Germany

500

"Keep the change, ya filthy animal."

Home Alone

500

In Love Actually, Alan Rickman's character (Snape from Harry Potter) gives his wife this singer's CD for Christmas 

Joni Mitchell

500

In Christmas Island, what mode of transportation does Santa use to bring the islanders' presents?

A Canoe

500

Originating in Germany about 250 years ago as a straight stick, the candy cane's "J" shape is meant to resemble this object

A shepherd's crook

500

aka "Super Saturday", this day is second only to Black Friday for it's brick-and-mortar retail shopping volume

The last Saturday before Christmas (it sometimes surpasses Black Friday)

600

"The Best way to spread Christmas Cheer is singing loud for all to hear"

Elf

600

The song You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch, was sung by Thurl Ravenscroft, who also famously voiced this animated character in commercials

Tony The Tiger

600

In Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, what are the names of Santa's other reindeer?

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen

600

This native Mexican plant with bright red leaves is displayed almost exclusively, at Christmastime in the U.S.

Poinsettia

600

Home Alone 2 features a cameo by this future U.S. President

Donald Trump

700

"It's a membership to the jelly of the month club."

"Clark, that's the gift that keeps on giving throughout the year."

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

700

He's the guardian angel sent to help George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life

Clarence Odbody

700

In Santa Baby, the singer asks for a '54 convertible in this pastel color

Light Blue

700

Holly, a common in Christmas decor, is said to represent this in Christianity

Christ's crown of thorns (the berries represent drops of his blood shed because of the thorns) 

700

This Christmas-themed ballet premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1892

The Nutcracker

800

"We've got to find Jack! There's only 365 days left until next Halloween"

A Nightmare Before Christmas

800

According to Buddy the Elf, elves try to stick to these four main food groups

candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup

800

Santa Baby, was originally performed by this singer, who also portrayed Catwoman in the Batman TV series of the 1960's

Eartha Kitt

800

This legendary half-goat/half-demon goes door to door punishing the naughty kids at Christmas time

Krampus

800

Erroneously represented as three in traditional Nativity scenes, the Bible actually mentions this many Magi (Wise Men) visited the baby Jesus 

No number is mentioned :-).  The book of Matthew is the only Gospel to mention them

900

"He brought everything back, all the food for the feast. And he, he himself carved the roast beast"

How The Grinch Stole Christmas

900

Tim Allen played Scott Calvin, an ordinary guy who has to take Santa's place in this 1994 film

The Santa Clause

900

In Good King Wenceslas, the king last looked down upon this

The Feast of Stephen

900

The legendary German character who shows up 2 weeks before Christmas each year, raggedly dressed beating bad boys and girls with a switch to scare them into being good so Santa will bring them presents is preserved today in Pennsylvania Dutch communities

Belsnickel

900

He hides around the house reporting back to Santa the "naughty/nice" conditions in the home

The Elf on the Shelf

1000

"It was the afternoon of Christmas Eve and Scrooge was conscious of a thousand odors, each one connected with a thousand thoughts and hopes and joys and cares long, long forgotten."

The Muppet Christmas Carol

1000

This Ghostbuster star played Frank Cross in the 1988 comedy, Scrooged

Bill Murray

1000

Released in 1958, this is the only Christmas song to reach number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart.

Alvin and the Chipmunks - Christmas Don't be Late (The Chipmunk Song)

1000

In what decade did the White House first use electric lights for its Christmas Tree?

1890's (1895, Grover Cleveland)

1000
In this European country's culture, children are given gifts by St. Basil on January 1st instead of Santa on December 25th

Greece