Christmas Traditions 🎄
This 1947 movie stars a man who claims to be the real Santa Claus.
Miracle on 34th Street?
Before cell phones, people often used this to call someone away from home.
What is a pay phone?
This TV show featured a band called the Monkees.
What is The Monkees?
This song was first introduced in the 1942 movie Holiday Inn.
What is White Christmas?
This holiday is celebrated on July 4th.
What is the Executive, Legislative, or Judicial branch?
This plant is often hung in doorways and people kiss underneath it.
What is mistletoe?
This device played music using records made of vinyl.
What is a record player?
This singer was known for My Way and New York, New York.
Who is Frank Sinatra?
In A Christmas Carol, this ghost shows Scrooge scenes from the past.
Who is the Ghost of Christmas Past?
This river runs through both New York and Washington, D.C.
What is the Hudson River?
“Silent Night” is an example of this type of Christmas music.
What is a Christmas carol?
Before GPS, people used this folded paper item to get directions.
What is a map?
This actress starred in Gone with the Wind.
Who is Vivien Leigh?
This country is credited with starting the tradition of decorating Christmas trees.
What is Germany?
This state was the last to join the United States.
What is Hawaii?
This colorful decoration is placed at the top of many Christmas trees.
What is a star (or angel)?
Families once gathered around this piece of furniture to watch shows together.
What is a television?
This game show features contestants spinning a large wheel.
What is Wheel of Fortune?
In the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” this gift is given on the fifth day.
What are five golden rings?
These two states are not connected to the rest of the country.
What are Alaska and Hawaii?
This popular Christmas movie stars Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey.
What is “It’s a Wonderful Life”?
Then: people looked up phone numbers in a book.
Now: they usually look them up using this.
What is the internet (or a smartphone)?
This actor starred in Casablanca with Ingrid Bergman.
Who is Humphrey Bogart?
This actor played George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life.
Who is James Stewart?
Before Washington, D.C., this city briefly served as the U.S. capital.
What is Philadelphia?