Santa Trivia
What are two other names Santa goes by?
Answers include Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, and Kris Kringle
Name all 9 reindeer that pull Santa's sleigh
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph.
When is Yule celebrated?
On Winter Solstice, the darkest day of the year
What is the only thing Mariah Carrey wants for Christmas?
All I want for Christmas is you!
True Or False, Flicks tongue was actually stuck to the pole.
False! A hidden suction tube made Flick's tongue stick to the pole.
Santa Claus (a name first used in the U.S. press in 1773) was at first pictured as a thick-bellied Dutch sailor with a pipe in this color of winter coat.
Green
Why did Santa ask Rudolph to pull his sleigh?
Because it was too foggy to see.
How many days is Yule celebrated?
12 days
Kelly Clarkson
Playing as The Grinch in How The Grinch Stole Christmas, it took Jim Carrey's make-up artists 2 and a half hours to complete his makeup. He did special torture training via this government agency to help mediate his anxiety of being confined in the costume.
CIA
Santa as we know him today is a combination of these two famous figures.
The Dutch bishop Saint Nicholas, and English figure Father Christmas
According to pop-culture, what is a reindeer favorite food?
Carrots
This item of yupe used to be an entire tree that burned for all of Yule.
Yule log
Released in 1991, Mary Did You Know quickly rose to popularity. The lyrics include, "Mary did you know, that your baby boy would calm the storm with ___ ____?"
His hand.
I'll Be Home For Christmas (1998) was released by this movie company.
Walt Disney Pictures
What company is known for creating Santa's iconic red colored suit?
Coca Cola
This form of literature was the first to mention Santa's sleigh being pulled by reindeer
The 1823 American poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", written by an anonymous author, recounts Saint Nicholas arriving at the author's home on Christmas Eve in a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer.
Lighting candles, having bonfires, and hearth fires are symbolic ways to combat this.
To combat the darkness of Winter Solstice and welcome the returning sun.
Originally released in 1963, what year did the song "Christmas" by Darlene Love first make it on the Billboard Hot 100?
It didn't chart for the first time until 2018!
What movie plays for 24 hours straight on TBS?
A Christmas Story
"Santa Claus" is from the Dutch "Sinterklaas," a shortened form of this.
Saint Nicholas
The original poem (A Visit From Saint Nicholas) mentions two reindeer names of Dutch origin, Dunder and Blixem. What do these translate to?
Thunder and lightening
This popular Christmas tradition of going house to house is rooted in Yule Celebrations.
Caroling
Published in 1857, what was the original title to the song Jingle Bells?
The One Horse Open Sleigh
Finish this quote by the Grinch in How The Grinch Stole Christmas; "One man's toxic sludge is another man's _____"
Potpourri