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Christmas Movies & TV
Name That Christmas Tune
100

This singer made “All I Want for Christmas Is You” unavoidable.
 

Who is Mariah Carey?

100

This famous Nebraska event includes lights, animals, and a drive-through Christmas vibe.

What is Zoo Lights (Henry Doorly Zoo)?

100

This trail brought thousands of pioneers through Nebraska in the 1800s.

What is the Oregon Trail?

100

This holiday movie is about an elf who travels from the North Pole to New York City to find his real father.

What is Elf?

100

“Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the ____.”

What is way?

200

In The Office, this character dresses as Santa but struggles to give gifts because he spent too much money on himself.

Who is Michael Scott?

200

This Nebraska city is known as “Christmas City USA.”

What is North Platte?

200

Nebraska became a state in this year.

What is 1867?

200

In Home Alone, this holiday break-in duo is known by this nickname.

Who are the Wet Bandits?


200

“Later on, we’ll conspire, as we dream by the ____.”

Answer: What is the fire? (Winter Wonderland)

300

This 2018 Netflix holiday film stars Vanessa Hudgens in multiple roles.

What is The Princess Switch?

300

Nebraska winters are famous for this weather phenomenon that ruins cute outfits.

What is wind?

300

This Nebraska invention revolutionized fast food and road trips.

What is the Runza?

300

This holiday movie reminds us that “every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.”

What is It’s a Wonderful Life?

300

This Christmas song counts down the days with gifts starting on December 1 and ending on December 12.

What is The Twelve Days of Christmas?

400

This Christmas movie features a boy, a train, and intense hot cocoa energy.

What is The Polar Express?

400

This Husker color somehow still shows up at holiday parties.

What is red?

400

This Nebraska landmark once guided travelers west and is now a national monument.

What is Chimney Rock?

400

This classic holiday TV special features a confused Christmas tree that just needs a little love.

What is A Charlie Brown Christmas?

400

This holiday hit starts with the line, “You’re a mean one…”

What is You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch?

500

In Elf, Buddy comes from the North Pole but ends up working at this store.

What is Gimbels?

500

This Nebraska phrase could also describe your December calendar.

What is “It’s a ways”?

500

This act of Congress in 1862 encouraged westward settlement and shaped Nebraska’s landscape.

What is the Homestead Act?

500

This holiday movie takes place largely inside a Los Angeles office building on Christmas Eve.

What is Die Hard?

500

This Christmas song asks listeners to bring figgy pudding.

What is We Wish You a Merry Christmas?